“Regional Politics – World Politics”
Statement of Göttweig: DE , EN
Saturday, May 21st
“The Danube Region within a New Europe – Opportunities and Challenges”
- Johanna Mikl-Leitner
Federal Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Austria, President of the European Forum Wachau, Vienna/St. Pölten - Robert Menasse
Novelist and Essayist, Vienna/Brussels - Erwin Pröll
Governor of Lower Austria, St. Pölten - Johannes Hahn
European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Brussels - Rosen Plevneliev
Minister for Regional Development of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia - János Martonyi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary, Budapest - Wolfgang Waldner
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
Working Groups
- Crisis management under the European Union’s external policy
- The future of the Union’s regional policy: competitiveness and the new financial perspective
- Regions in global competition – advantages of economic cooperation
- The Danube: Region of culture and creative industries
Sunday, May 22nd
“Making the Danube area a prosperous, sustainable, safe and secure macro-region”
- Barbara Schwarz
Minister of Employment, Family, Social and EU Affairs, Government of Lower Austria, St. Pölten
on behalf of Governor Erwin Pröll - Mercedes Bresso
President of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels - Klaus Tschütscher
Head of Princely Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz - Borut Pahor
Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana - Michael Spindelegger
Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
