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German members of the Council

ECFR has brought together a distinguished Council of over 330 Members – serving politicians, decision-makers, thinkers and business leaders from across the EU – which meets once a year as a full body. Through geographical and thematic task forces, members provide ECFR staff with advice and feedback on policy ideas and contribute to ECFR’s activities in their own countries.

ECFR’s German Council members include:

  • Knut Abraham – Member of the Bundestag and Coordinator for German-Polish Cooperation of the Federal Government
  • Niels Annen – State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Thomas Bagger – Ambassador to the Italian Republic and to the Republic of San Marino; former State Secretary, Federal Foreign Office
  • Ottilie Bälz – Senior Vice President for Global Issues, Robert Bosch Stiftung
  • Franziska Brantner – Co-Chair, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; Member of the Bundestag
  • Sandra Breka – Vice President and COO, Open Society Foundations
  • Saskia Bruysten – Co-founder, Carbon Equity; Co-Founder, Yunus Social Business
  • Reinhard Bütikofer – Senior Fellow, CEPA; Senior Adviser, EPC; former Member of the European Parliament
  • Julia De Clerck-Sachsse – Senior Non-Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Florian Eder – Editor in Chief, NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung Deutschland; Senior Fellow at EUI
  • Joschka Fischer – Emeritus Chair, ECFR; former Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
  • Benedikt Franke – CEO and Vice-Chairman, Munich Security Conference
  • Alexander Graf Lambsdorff – German Ambassador to Israel
  • Anna Herrhausen – Executive Board Member, Phineo
  • Christoph Heusgen – Former Chair, Munich Security Conference; former German Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Ina Heusgen – Deputy Head of Mission and Minister Plenipotentiary, German Embassy in France
  • Wolfgang Ischinger – President, Munich Security Conference Foundation Council
  • Roderich Kiesewetter – Member of the Bundestag
  • Lars Klingbeil – Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance
  • Chantal Kopf – Member of the Bundestag
  • Stefan Kornelius – Federal Government Spokesperson; Head of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
  • Sergey Lagodinsky – Member of the European Parliament 
  • Mariam Lau – Political Correspondent and Commentator, Die Zeit
  • Nathanael Liminski – Minister for Federal, European, International Affairs and Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Stefan Mair – Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
  • Johannes Meier – Chair of the Advisory Board, Stiftung Mercator
  • Almut Möller – Director for European and Global Affairs & Head of the Europe in the World programme, European Policy Centre
  • Hannah Neumann – Member of the European Parliament
  • Wolfgang Niedermark – Member of the Executive Board for Europe and International Affairs, Federation of German Industries (BDI)
  • Dietmar Nietan – Former Member of the Bundestag
  • Omid Nouripour – Vice President of the Bundestag
  • Cem Özdemir – Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg; former Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture
  • Sarah Pagung – Executive Director, International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung
  • Norbert Röttgen – Co-Chair, ECFR; Member of the Bundestag and Deputy Group Chairman for Foreign Affairs
  • Wolfgang Schmidt – Founder and Managing Director WWS Advisory; former Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks
  • Caroline Schmutte – Independent Senior Advisor; Chairwoman of the Board, Save The Children Germany
  • Michael Schwarz – Managing Director, Baden-Baden Entrepreneur Talks
  • Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung
  • Florian Seibel – CEO, Quantum Systems
  • Christoph Steck – Director of Public Policy Spain and Portugal, Amazon
  • Sabine Stricker-Kellerer – Lawyer, SSK Asia
  • Eckart von Klaeden – Vice President, Mercedes-Benz Group AG; former Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery
  • Stella Voutta – Senior Vice President Education Department, Robert Bosch Stiftung
  • Johann Wadephul – Federal Foreign Minister 
  • Sabine Weyand – Adviser Hors Classe on European Strategic Partnerships, Secretariat-General, European Commission
  • André Wilkens – Director, European Cultural Foundation; Co-Founder, Die Offene Gesellschaft
  • Guntram Wolff – Professor of Economics, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB); Senior Fellow, Bruegel
  • Jeromin Zettelmeyer – Director, Bruegel