GERMANY IN EUROPE UNITY IN PEACE AND FREEDOM

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1 VISITORS PROGRAMME OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY GERMANY IN EUROPE UNITY IN PEACE AND FREEDOM draft programme Information visit for journalists Monday, 28 September Sunday, 4 October 2015 Language: English correct as of 3/9

2 Monday, 28 September 2015 morning participants arrive / check-in at hotel and light lunch 14:00 hrs Welcome getting to know one another Introduction to the visit programme MARCUS HORNUNG (confirmed) hrs Guided city tour by bus on finding traces of unity in peace and freedom accompanied by URSULA HERRMANN (confirmed) City guide 19:00 hrs 25 years of German unity - Are we still 'Ossis' ('Easties') and 'Wessis' ('Westies')? Rapprochement steps between West and East Evening meal and talk with MARKUS MECKEL (tbc) President, Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräbervorsorge (German War Craves Commission), former civil rights activist / former Member of Parliament Tuesday, 29 September 2015 VISIT TO THE FEDERAL CHANCELLERY 09:00 hrs Germany's crisis management in the European Union DR FRANZ NEUEDER (tbc) Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for European Policy, Federal Chancellery VISIT TO THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT 11:00 hrs 25 years of German unity are we one people? IRIS GLEICKE (tbc) Member of the Federal Parliament Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States followed by visit to the cupola and lunch 14:00 hrs TRAIN TO FRANKFURT ODER 15:00 hrs VISIT TO FRANKFURT ODER MUNICIPAL OFFICES Overcoming borders: German-Polish cooperation in Frankfurt and Słubice DR. MARTIN WILKE (tbc) Lord mayor of Franfurt (Oder) 17:00 hrs walk together across the Oder Bridge 19:00 hrs evening meal in Słubice 21:00 hrs RETURN TO BERLIN 1

3 Wednesday, 30 September 2015 VISIT TO THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY BERLIN 09:00 hrs Successes and challenges in German reunification: A dream coming true? PROF. DR. ECKART D. STRATENSCHULTE (confirmed) Director,, formerly Head of Unit, Office of the Governing Mayor ( ) VISIT TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE 11:30 hrs Differing histories a joint future : The role of the Weimar Triangle for Europe MARTIN KOTTHAUS (tbc) Head of European Directorate-General 12:30 hrs Lunch at International Club hosted by N.N. VISIT TO THE GERMAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM (DHM) 15:00 hrs Alltag Einheit (Everyday Unity) Portrait of a society in transition: Varying perspectives on changes in German society DR. JÜRGEN DANYEL (confirmed) Exhibition curator followed by evening guided tour through the exhibition stroll together through Friedrichshain and evening meal Thursday, 1 October 2015 VISIT TO THE GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH 09:00 hrs The economic challenges of German unity PROF. MARCEL FRATZSCHER (tbc) President, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Visit to the Federal Ministry of Finance 11:00 hrs Stabilising the Euro area from the point of view of the Federal Ministry of Finance MDg WILFRIED STEINHEUER (tbc) Federal Ministry of Finance, European Policy 12:30 hrs Lunch VISIT TO THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR CENTRAL SERVICES AND UNRESOLVED PROPERTY ISSUES 14:00 hrs Dealing with real estate properties and assets sequestered during GDR times FLORIAN SCHEURLE (tbc) President, Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues 2

4 VISIT TO BUNDESSTIFTUNG AUFARBEITUNG 16:00 hrs The importance for the future of Germany of an all-german culture of remembrance DR. ANNA KAMINSKY 8tbc) Managing Director, Federal Foundation for Coming to Terms with the Dictatorship of the Socialist Unity Party of the former GDR 18:08 hrs DEPART FROM BERLIN HAUPTBAHNHOF ON ICE 1093 TO FRANKFURT / MAIN 19:30 hrs evening meal in the dining car 21:42 hrs ARRIVE AT FRANKFURT / MAIN MAIN STATION AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL Friday, 2 October :00 hrs VISIT TO THE FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (FAZ) How was unity read? A retrospective from a journalist's point of view N.N. 11:30 hrs VISIT TO THE HESSIAN STATE CHANCELLERY Grenzen überwinden (Overcoming boundaries) The official celebrations for the 25 th anniversary of the occasion of German Unity AXEL WINTERMEYER (tbc) Head of Hessian State Chancellery 15:00 hrs VISIT TO THE GERMAN BUNDESBANK "Good-bye German marks, hello Euros". Looking back. MICHAEL BEST (tbc) Head of Communications Department Saturday, 3 October 2015 all day: participate in the official celebration events to commemorate 25 years of German Unity 19:00 hrs Feedback and farewell dinner at Restaurant Sunday, 4 October 2015 participants depart as required from Frankfurt/Main PROGRAMME ENDS 3

5 Visit accompanied by: MARCUS HORNUNG Accommodation in Berlin: Accommodation in Frankfurt / Main: AMERON Hotel ABION Spreebogen Intercity Hotel Frankfurt Alt-Moabit 99 Poststraße 8 D Berlin D Frankfurt am Main Organisation: Bismarckallee 46/ Berlin Tel.: +49-(0) Fax: +49-(0)