Opening Ceremonies
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2012-2013 |
Mrs Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT, Prime Minister of Denmark (Bruges) Mr Vladimir FILAT, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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2011-2012 |
President Giorigo NAPOLITANO, President of the Republic of Italy (Bruges) Mr José M. DURAO BARROSO, President of the European Commission (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2010-2011 |
Mrs Angela MERKEL, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bruges) Mr Štefan FÜLE, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2009-2010 |
Mr. Jerzy BUZEK, President of the European Parliament (Bruges) President Toomas Hendrik ILVES, President of the Republic of Estonia (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2008-2009 |
Mr. Yves LETERME, Prime Minister of Belgium (Bruges) Mr. Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European Parliament (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2007-2008 |
The Rt Hon David MILIBAND, Member of Parliament for South Shields and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Bruges) Carl BILDT, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2006-2007 |
Jean-Claude JUNCKER, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Minister of State, and Minister of Finance (Bruges) Aliaksandr MILINKEVICH, Leader of the opposition in Belarus (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2005-2006 |
Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (Bruges) Viktor YUSHCHENKO, President of Ukraine » read more... |
| 2004-2005 |
José M. DURAO BARROSSO, President of the European Commission Josep Borrell FONTELLES, President of the European Parliament (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2003-2004 |
Joschka FISCHER, German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Danuta HÜBNER, Polish Minister of European Affairs (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2002-2003 |
Valéry GISCARD D’ESTAING, President of the European Convention Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2001-2002 |
Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, President of Poland Guy VERHOFSTADT, Prime Minister of Belgium (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 2000-2001 |
George PAPANDREOU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece (Bruges) Jan KULAKOWSKI, Minister Plenipotentiary, Chief Negotiator of Poland for the EU Accession Negotiations (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 1999-2000 | Jacques DELORS, President of the Administrative Board of the College of Europe » download speech, 50 ans Collège d'Europe (PDF file) Jean-Luc DEHAENE, President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe |
| 1998-1999 | Jean-Luc DEHAENE, Prime Minister of Belgium (Bruges) H.R.H. Prince Philippe of Belgium (Natolin) » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1997-1998 | Antonio GUTERRES, Prime Minister of Portugal (Bruges) » download speech (PDF file) Ursula STENZEL, Member of the European Parliament (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 1996-1997 | Wim KOK, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Bruges) » download speech (PDF file) Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, President of Poland (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 1995-1996 | Klaus HÄNSCH, President of the European Parliament (Bruges) » download speech, Regaining the initiative for Europe (PDF file) Jacques SANTER, President of the European Commission (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 1994-1995 | H.M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain (Bruges) » download speech (PDF file) Andrzej OLECHOWSKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
| 1993-1994 | Thomas KLESTIL, President of Austria » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1992-1993 | Jacques SANTER, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg » download speech, L'Europe après Maastricht: Enseiqnements du passé et perspectives d'avenir, un supplément d'âme pour l'Europe (PDF file) |
| 1991-1992 | Flavio COTTI, President of the Swiss Confederation » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1990-1991 | Richard VON WEIZSÄCKER, President of the Federal Republic of Germany » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1989-1990 | Jacques DELORS, President of the Commission of the European Communities » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1988-1989 | Margaret THATCHER, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1987-1988 | François MITTERAND, President of France » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1986-1987 | Ruud F.M. LUBBER, Prime Minister of the Netherlands » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1985-1986 | Felipe GONZALEZ, President of the Spanish government » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1984-1985 | Altiero SPINELLI, President of the Institutional Commision of the European Parliament » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1983-1984 | Garret FITZGERALD, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1982-1983 | Gaston E. THORN, President of the Commission of the European Communities » download speech, Europe, Etats-Unis, Japon, Une relation conflictuelle? (PDF file) |
| 1981-1982 | Bruno KREISKY, Federal Chancellor of Austria » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1980-1981 | Simone VEIL, President of the European Parliament » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1979-1980 | Andries VAN AGT, Prime Minister of the Netherlands » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1978-1979 | Guy SPITAELS, Belgian Minister for Employment and Labour » download speech, La Réponse sociale à la crise économique: un nouveau défi pour l'Europe (PDF file) |
| 1977-1978 | Mario SOARES, Prime Minister of Portugal » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1976-1977 | Leo TINDERMANS, Prime Minister of Belgium » download speech (PDF file) |
| 1975-1976 | Edgar FAURE, President of the French National Assembly |
| 1974-1975 | Herman DE CROO, Belgian Minister of National (Flemish) Education François-Xavier Ortoli, President of the Commission of the European Communities |
| 1973-1974 | Karl Otto PÖHL, Secretary of State with the Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany » download speech, Europe's role in a new international monetary system (PDF file) |
| 1972-1973 | Lord GEORGE-BROWN, former Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Kingdom |
| 1971-1972 | Altiero SPINELLI, Member of the Commission of the European Communities |
| 1970-1971 | Jean REY, President of the Administrative Board of the College of Europe |
| 1969-1970 | H.R.H. Prince Albert of Belgium |
| 1968-1969 | Robert VAN SCHENDEL, Secretary-General of the European Movement and Executive Director of the College of Europe |
| 1967-1968 | Alfons DE VREESE, professor and Counsellor of the Court of Cassation of Belgium |
| 1966-1967 | Jean REY, Member of the Commission of the European Communities, President of the Administrative Board of the College of Europe J. Robert SCHAETZEL, Ambassador for the United States to the European Communities |
| 1964-1965 | Don Salvador DE MADARIEGA, President of the Administrative Board of the College of Europe |
| 1962-1963 | Pierre HARMEL, former Belgian Minister, future Belgian Prime Minister |
| 1961-1962 | Hugo GEIGER, President of the Commission for Research and Culture of the European Parliamentary Assembly |
| 1949 | J. VAN HOESTENBERGHE Don Salvador DE MADARIAGA |
