EU Commissioner Günter Oettinger (Budget and Human Resources) and the Minister for Justice and European Affairs of the German Land of Baden-Württemberg, Guido Wolf .
Monday, 6 February 2017, Representation of Baden-Württemberg to the EU: Ca. 700 guests attended the reception hosted by the government of Baden-Württemberg to fête the beginning of the year 2017, and present typical products from Baden-Württemberg to the high-level guests from European institutions, and regional representations headquartered in Brussels.
The Premier of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, was represented at the function by the Minister of Justice and European Affairs, Mr Guido Wolf as well as the Minister of Economy, Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut. The incumbent German Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, who hails from the same Bundesland, also attended the event as did the German Ambassador to Belgium, Rüdiger Lüdeking.
Minister Wolf, who labels himself a “convinced European“, called the attention of the audience to the European position of the day, the fact that the “debt crisis might cause new conflicts. Moreover the Brexit puts the European Union in a unique situation as to the question in which manner a member state may leave the union. Not of less importance is the menace of populist movement in some European member states”.
For further information:
Representation of Baden-Württemberg to the EU (Director Johannes Jung): https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/regierung/baden-wuerttemberg-in-europa-und-der-welt/landesvertretung-in-bruessel/
Premier Winfried Kretschmann: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/en/government/minister-president/
Minister Guido Wolf: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/en/government/the-state-government/members-of-the-state-government/guido-wolf/
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Photography by “FK / PH”/Bundesland Baden-Württemberg
