Berlin office

ECFR's Berlin office was established to provide ECFR with strong national and regional input into its analysis and research, and to help stimulate pan-European debate on strategic European foreign affairs issues.

Headed by Ulrike Guérot, the office focuses on advocacy and research related to German-Franco relations, EU-US relations and the broader geo-strategic perspectives of the European Union at large. The office has built a high-level network with policy-makers, government officials, think-tankers and academics.

ECFR Berlin was instrumental in organising a major launch event for ECFR, held in the German Foreign Ministry in October 2007. The conference was attended by over six hundred representatives of the foreign policy community and was addressed by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The ECFR Council’s first meeting also took place in Berlin in November 2007.

So far, the Berlin office organised a variety of events, including five high-level gatherings of European government officials discussing European current affairs. The Berlin office has also held a number of public outreach events and regular media briefings.

The Berlin office is currently engaged in research on Germany’s role in the EU.

ECFR's German Council Members include:

Roland Berger- Founder and Chairman, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants GmbH
Daniel Cohn-Bendit - Member of the European Parliament
Hans Eichel - former Finance Minister
Joschka Fischer - former Foreign Minister and vice-Chancellor
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg- Minister of Defence
Annette Heuser- Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation Washington DC
Wolfgang Ischinger - Chairman, Munich Security Conference
Gerald Knaus - Chairman, European Stability Initiative and Open Society Fellow
Caio Koch-Weser - Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group; former State Secretary
Hildegard Müller - President, BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft
Wolfgang Münchau - President, Eurointelligence ASBL
Cem Özdemir - Leader, Bündnis90/Die Grünen (Green Party)
Ruprecht Polenz - MP and Chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
Michael Stürmer- Chief Correspondent, Die Welt
Andre Wilkens- Director for International Programmes, Stiftung Mercator

ECFR staff in Berlin

Dr. Ulrike Guérot
Head of Berlin office and Senior Policy Fellow
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Felix Mengel
Advocacy and Communications Officer
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ECFR Berlin Office
Reinhardtstraße 19
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49(0)30-32505100
Fax: +49(0)30-325051011
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