List of participants

Country

Parliamentary Chamber

Parliamentary Chamber
President

Political affiliation of the President,
year of birth, mandate duration

Austria

Nationalrat

Barbara Prammer

Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
[in the Euro PARL in S&D]

b. 1954;
mandate: 30 Oct 2006/28Oct 2008-autumn 2013

Czech
Republic

Chamber
of Deputies

Miroslava Němcová

Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
[in the Euro PARL in ECR]

b. 1952
mandate: 24 Jun 2010- spring 2014

Czech
Republic

Senate

Přemysl Sobotka

Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
[in the Euro PARL in ECR]

b. 1944
mandate: 15 Dec 2004/29 Nov 2006-13 Nov 2010

Poland

Sejm

Grzegorz Schetyna

Civic Platform (PO)
[in the Euro PARL in EPP]

b. 1963
mandate: 08 Jul 2010- autumn 2011

Poland

Senate

Bogdan Borusewicz

b. 1949
mandate: 20 Oct 2005/05 Nov 2007-autumn 2011

Slovenia

National
Assembly

Pavel Gantar

Zares (For Real) - "New Politics" (Z)
[in the Euro PARL in ALDE]

b. 1949
mandate: 15 Oct 2008- autumn 2012

Slovenia

National
Council

Blaž Kavčič

Member of the Local Interests Group
[The representative of 9th constituency with the headquarters in KRANJ, Upper Carniola region (northwestern Slovenia)]
[in the Euro PARL - no EU dimension] [2000-2004 he was a deputy to the National Assembly on behalf of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, LDS - in the Euro PARL in ALDE / ELDR]

b. 1951
mandate: 12 Dec 2007- spring 2010, possibility of re-election for another 2,5 years

Hungary

National
Assembly

László Kövér

Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union
[in the Euro PARL in EPP]

b. 1959
mandate: 14 May 2010- spring 2014

Bulgaria

National
Assembly

Tsetska Tsacheva

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) [in the Euro PARL in EPP]

b. 1958
mandate: 14 Jul 2009- summer 2013

Romania

Senate

Teodor Viorel Meleşcanu

National Liberal Party (PNL)
[in the Euro PARL in ALDE]

b. 1941
mandate: 22 Dec 2008- autumn 2012

Croatia

Hrvatski Sabor

Luka Bebić

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
[EPP associate member]

b. 1937
mandate: 11 Jan 2008- autumn 2011

Mr. Günther Oettinger, Member of the European Commission responsible for Energy

Commissioner’s name

Commissioner’s portfolio

Country of origin

Political affiliation, education
and main stages of political career

Günther Oettinger

Energy

[succeeded Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner from Latvia]

Germany

[succeeded Günter Verheugen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry]

Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
[in the Euro PARL in EPP]

a law graduate from the University of Tübingen

2005 - 2010 Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg; since 2005 member of the Governing Board and the Federal Executive Committee of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU); 1984 - 2010 member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg

^{Mr. Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Poland

Waldemar Pawlak

16 November 2007, appointed Minister of Economy by the Prime Minister.
Born on September 5, 1959 r. in Model, Mazowieckie.
He graduated from Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery.
In 1992, and in the years 1993-1995 he served as Prime Minister.
Since January 2005, Chairman of the Polish Peasant Party, the party also led in the years 1991-1997.
Since 1989 Member of the Parliament.
In 2001-2005 - President of the Warsaw Commodities Exchange.
From April 1992 - President of the Volunteer Fire Brigades.
Since 1984 he has maintained 17-hectare farm in a village near Pacyna Stonewa.

^{Mr. Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Radosław Sikorski

Radosław Sikorski was born in Bydgoszcz in 1963. He is a Bachelor and Master of Arts of Oxford University in philosophy, political sciences and economics (PPE).
He was chairman of the Students’ Strike Committee during the events in Bydgoszcz in March 1981. R. Sikorski spent 1981-1989 in Great Britain as a political refugee. In 1986-1989 he worked as a reporter covering the wars in Afghanistan and Angola.
In 1992, As Deputy Defence Minister, R. Sikorski was involved in efforts to bring about Poland’s accession to NATO. In 1998-2001 he was an Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Council of the Foundation for Assistance to Poles in the East.
In 2002-2005 he was a resident fellow at the American Institute of Enterprise in Washington and Executive Director of the New Atlantic Initiative. R. Sikorski is the editor of “European Outlook”, a cycle of analytical publications, and organizer of international conferences on UN reform, the future of NATO and the 25th anniversary of Solidarity. He has testified as an Atlantic affairs expert before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives.
He is the author of the following books: “Prochy świętych – podróż do Heratu w czas wojny”, “The Polish House – an Intimate History of Poland” and “Strefa zdekomunizowana – wywiad rzeka”.
He was Senator for Bydgoszcz in 2005-2007 (6th term of the Senate).
In 2005-2007 R. Sikorski served as Minister of National Defence.
In 1988, his pictures from Afghanistan won a prize in the World Press Photo competition, in the category of news photography.
R. Sikorski was “Man of the Year 2005” of Gazeta Polska and a laureate of “Wiktor 2006” , in the category of the most popular politician. He holds the “Merited for Culture” medal.
He was elected to Parliament in 2007 (6th term of the Sejm), running as a Civic Platform candidate.
Radosław Sikorski is married to journalist and writer Anne Applebaum, who won the 2004 Pulitzer prize for her book “Gulag: A History”. They have two sons: Aleksander and Tadeusz.}}