Per Thöresson
Friis Arne Petersen
Reinhard Bütikofer
Almut Möller
Rüdiger Lentz
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Will Germany finally dare to lead?
A debate on the German EU-Presidency & virtual opening of Rud Pedersen’s Berlin Office
Highlights
What does the COVID-19 economic crisis mean for the EU? | Almut Möller
German Leadership & Power | Almut Möller
EU in Crisis | Reinhard Bütikofer
Keeping the Bandwagon Together | Reinhard Bütikofer
Danish Perspective on German Leadership | Friis Arne Pedersen
Rud Pedersen Public Affairs: A European Consultancy | Morten Rud Pedersen
Why Open Rud Pedersen Public Affairs Berlin? | Hendrik Hagemann
Full Webinar
Event Description
You are warmly invited to celebrate the virtual opening of Rud Pedersen Public Affairs, Scandinavia’s premiere Public Affairs firm, in Berlin. We are proud to expand our services to the German capital, even in these challenging times. Our virtual opening kicks off with a debate on Germany’s upcoming EU Presidency and features an exciting panel:
Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament for the German Greens since 2009, former party leader and current co-spokesperson for the European Green Party
Almut Möller, State Secretary of the German Federal State of Hamburg and responsible for EU and German federal affairs, as well as former head of the European Council on Foreign Relations’s Berlin office
Moderator: Rüdiger Lentz, Executive Director at the Aspen Institute Germany and former Bureau Chief of Deutsche Welle in Washington DC
In addition, H.E. Per Thöresson, Ambassador of Sweden to Germany, and H.E. Friis Arne Petersen, Danish Ambassador to Germany, deliver welcome messages on the deep and vital relationship between Germany and the Nordics.
Finally, there is a virtual ribbon-cutting and a short interview with the new Berlin management team. We close out the event with live tunes from prominent Berlin DJ Elisa Elisa!