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Austria Estonia Latvia Slovakia Turkey Erhard Busek Toomas Ilves Nils Muiznieks Juraj Bayer Pavol Ekim Alptekin Steven Heinz Mart Laar Roland Berger Vaira Vike-Freiberga Demeš (Turkey/The Gerald Knaus Peter Bofinger Mikuláš Dzurinda Netherlands) Finland Lithuania Albert Rohan Miroslav Lajcˇák Ipek Cem Taha Martti Ahtisaari Valdas Adamkus Wolfgang Schüssel Daniel Cohn-Bendit Katarina Mathernova Ahmet Davutoglu Tarja Halonen Gerhard Cromme Karla Wursterová Kemal Dervis Belgium Heidi Hautala Our annual Council meeting stands out in a Lydie Polfer Hanzade Dog˘an Thomas Leysen Jaakko Iloniemi Slovenia ECFR’s pan-European Boyner crowded market of conferences and events, Minna Järvenpää Aleš Debeljak Bulgaria Karl-Theodor zu The Netherlands Ibrahim Kalin retaining the intimacy and interactivity of a (Finland/US) Tanja Fajon Svetoslav Bojilov Guttenberg Dick Benschop Suat Kiniklioglu reach is enhanced by Olli Kivinen Danilo Türk private club while rivals balloon in size. It follows Ivan Krastev Annette Heuser Han ten Broeke Soli Özel Alexander Stubb Samuel Žbogar Meglena Kuneva Wolfgang Ischinger Ian Buruma our Council of prominent the energy of the European debate to different Teija Tiilikainen Steven Everts Nickolay Mladenov Erkki Tuomioja Beatrice de Graaf Douglas Alexander locations and seven cities have hosted the Council Georgi Pirinski José M. de Areilza Jaap de Hoop Charles Clarke Europeans, who Vessela Tcherneva Caio Koch-Weser Carvajal meeting – , , , , Scheffer Robert Cooper Daniel Valtchev François Burgat Alexander Graf Gustavo de Aristegui Ben Knapen Andrew Duff through their individual , , and . Most importantly, Arnaud Danjean Lambsdorff Lluís Bassets Croatia Rem Koolhaas Timothy Garton Ash it combines big ideas about where and the Wolfgang Münchau Sonsoles Centeno Vesna Pusic´ Dick Oosting Heather Grabbe Jean-Marie Huerta networks and collective world are going with practical discussion about Constantjin van Charles Grant Cyprus Guéhenno Cem Özdemir Carmen Chacón Oranje Sasha Havlicek how to make them happen. Elisabeth Guigou Diego Hidalgo engagement, help to Mabel van Oranje Jo Johnson Sylvie Kauffmann Norbert Röttgen Esther Alcocer Robert Reibestein Mary Kaldor Czech Republic Bassma Kodmani Klaus Scharioth Koplowitz Marietje Schaake Mark Leonard Europeanise the national Memorable speakers have included Simon Panek Volker Stanzel Irene Lozano Petra Stienen Adam Lury Karel Schwarzenberg Michael Stürmer Juan Fernando López on the financial crisis; Martti Ahtisaari on how David Miliband conversations on the EU’s Andre Wilkens Aguilar Denmark Norway Chris Patten to win a Nobel Peace Prize; Zbigniew Brzezinski Jean-David Lévitte I´ñigo Méndez Asger Aamund Leiv Lunde Andrew Puddephatt Dominique Moïsi de Vigo foreign policy priorities on Obama’s foreign policy; Catherine Ashton on Stine Bosse Dora Bakoyannis Ine Eriksen Søreide George Robertson Marcelino Oreja building a European External Action Service; Uffe Ellemann- Kalypso Nicolaïdis Rory Stewart Christine Ockrent Poland Jensen (Greece/France) Aguirre and dilemmas. Joschka Fischer and David Miliband debating a Laurence Parisot Leszek Balcerowicz Lykke Friis Alex Rondos Monica Oriol Diana Pinto Marek Belka two speed Europe; and Herman van Rompuy on Connie Hedegaard Loukas Tsoukalis Andrés Ortega Jean Pisani-Ferry Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Stelios Zavvos Ana Palacio the German question. Olivier Roy Henryka Bochniarz Eva Piera Ghassan Salamé Hungary Danuta Hübner Charles Powell Members of National Parliaments Jean-Claude Trichet Gordon Bajnai Aleksander (Spain/United Tibor Dessewffy Kwas´niewski Kingdom) István Gyarmati Andrzej Olechowski Javier Santiso 12 David Koranyi Adam D. Rotfeld Narcís Serra Anita Orbán Piotr Serafin Javier Solana

Former European Former Ambassadors Commissioners George Soros Radosław Sikorski Anna Terron Aleksander Smolar Foreign Ministers (Hungary/USA) Jordi Vaquer Paweł S´wieboda Former NATO Carlos Alonso 7 Secretary Generals Ireland 6 Zaldívar John Bruton 8 Lucinda Creighton Luis Amado 3 1 Brigid Laffan Jaime Gama Urban Ahlin Daithi O’Ceallaigh Carlos Gaspar Viveca Ax:son Teresa Patricio Johnson 20 Heads of State Gouveia Erik Berglöf Former heads of state and prime ministers Fernando Andresen Carl Bildt Giampiero Auletta Guimarães Ingrid Bonde Armenise Teresa de Sousa Gunilla Carlsson Emma Bonino 25 Antonio Vitorino Nicola Clase Maria Cuffaro European Commissioners Rolf Ekeus Think tank directors & Massimo D’Alema Romania civil society leaders 1 Karin Forseke Marta Dassù Daniel Daianu (Sweden/USA) Gianfranco Dell’Alba Monica Macovei Jytte Guteland Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Pritzker Prize winners Anna Ibrisagic 16 Emma Marcegaglia Ion Sturza Carin Jämtin Marco Margheri Serbia Daniel Sachs MEPs Alessia Mosca Sonja Licht Pierre Schori Ivan Vejvoda 30 1 15 Pasquale Salzano Maria Livanos Business Leaders

Stefano Sannino Cattaui ecfr.eu Columnists & Authors Giuseppe Scognamiglio 15 1 Nathalie Tocci A sample of ECFR Council Members by primary affiliation, as of May 2014 Luisa Todini Former Foreign Ministers