ASEAN and the European Union ASEAN and the European Union Edited by Gerhard Wahlers © Copyright 2006 by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore Editor Gerhard Wahlers Responsible Colin Dürkop Falk-Ulrich von Hoff Publisher Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 34/36 Bukit Pasoh Road Singapore 089848 Tel: (65) 6227-2001 Fax: (65) 6227-8343 Email:
[email protected] Website: http://www.kas-asia.org Design and Layout TimeEdge Publishing Pte Ltd 10 Anson Road 15-14 International Plaza Singapore 079903 www.tepub.com CONTENTS Foreword XI Prof. Dr. Bernhard Vogel President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Preface XV Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel President for the Council of the European Union Federal Chancellor of Austria Preface XVII José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the EU Commission EU-ASEAN: An Enduring Partnership matures into Friendship 1 Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner of Foreign Relations and Neighbourhood Policy Stability and Efficiency 5 Common Perspectives and Requirements of ASEAN and the European Union in the Era of Globalisation Prof. Dr. Günter Rinsche Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1979 to 1999 Member of the Board of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation The European Parliament and Europe's Global Role in the 13 21st Century Dr. Ingo Friedrich MEP Vice President of the European Parliament V From the Past to the Future: The EPP-ED Group in the Service 19 for a United Europe Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Poettering MEP Chairman of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED- Group) The European Union as a Model for ASEAN? 25 Hartmut Nassauer MEP Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1999 Chairman of the German Delegation in the EPP-ED-Group ASEAN and the European Union 41 Elmar Brok MEP Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs Security Policy in Europe and in Southeast Asia 47 Dr.