Each year the College invites distinguished guest speakers to the Opening Ceremonies for the Bruges and the Natolin (Warsaw) campuses. Guest speakers have included:
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Mrs Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT, Prime Minister of Denmark (Bruges) |
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Mr Vladimir FILAT, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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| 1999-2000 |  Jacques DELORS, President of the Administrative Board of the College of Europe (Bruges)» read more... |
| Jacques DELORS, President of the Administrative Board of the College of Europe (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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| 1998-1999 |
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| H.R.H. Prince Philippe of Belgium (Natolin (Warsaw)) » read more... |
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| 1997-1998 |  Antonio GUTERRES, Prime Minister of Portugal (Bruges)» read more... |
 Ursula STENZEL, Member of the European Parliament (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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| 1996-1997 |  Wim KOK, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Bruges)» read more... |
 Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, President of Poland (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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| 1995-1996 |  Klaus HÄNSCH, President of the European Parliament (Bruges)» read more... |
 Jacques SANTER, President of the European Commission (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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| 1994-1995 |  H.M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain (Bruges)» read more... |
 Andrzej OLECHOWSKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (Natolin (Warsaw)) |
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| 1993-1994 |  Thomas KLESTIL, President of Austria» read more... |
| 1992-1993 |  Jacques SANTER, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg» read more... |
| 1991-1992 |  Flavio COTTI, President of the Swiss Confederation» read more... |
| 1990-1991 |  Richard VON WEIZSÄCKER, President of the Federal Republic of Germany» read more... |
| 1989-1990 |  Jacques DELORS, President of the Commission of the European Communities» read more... |
| 1988-1989 |  Margaret THATCHER, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom» read more... |
| 1987-1988 |  François MITTERRAND, President of France» read more... |
| 1986-1987 |  Ruud F.M. LUBBERS, Prime Minister of the Netherlands» read more... |
| 1985-1986 |  Felipe GONZALEZ, President of the Spanish government» read more... |
| 1984-1985 |  Altiero SPINELLI, President of the Institutional Commision of the European Parliament» read more... |
| 1983-1984 |  Garret FITZGERALD, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland» read more... |
| 1982-1983 |  Gaston E. THORN, President of the Commission of the European Communities» read more... |
| 1981-1982 |  Bruno KREISKY, Federal Chancellor of Austria» read more... |
| 1980-1981 |  Simone VEIL, President of the European Parliament» read more... |
| 1979-1980 |  Andries VAN AGT, Prime Minister of the Netherlands» read more... |
| 1978-1979 | Guy SPITAELS, Belgian Minister for Employment and Labour » read more... |
| 1977-1978 |  Mario SOARES, Prime Minister of Portugal» read more... |
| 1976-1977 |  Leo TINDEMANS, Prime Minister of Belgium» read more... |
| 1975-1976 |  Edgar FAURE, President of the French National Assembly |
| 1974-1975 |
Herman DE CROO, Belgian Minister of National (Flemish) Education |
| 1973-1974 |  Karl Otto PÖHL, Secretary of State with the Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany» read more... |
| 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 MADARIAGA, 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 |
Ms Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament (Bruges)
Mr Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium (Bruges)
Ms Olha STEFANISHYNA, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA, President of Portugal (Bruges)
Mrs Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, Leader of the Democratic Belarus (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr Donald TUSK, President of the European Council (Bruges)
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Mr Antonio TAJANI, President of the European Parliament (Bruges)
Mr Tibor NAVRACSICS, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr António COSTA, Prime Minister of Portugal (Bruges)
Mr Andrzej DUDA, President of the Republic of Poland (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the European Commission (Bruges)
Mrs Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSINTSADZE, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr Alexander STUBB, Minister of Finance of Finland (Bruges)
Mr Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr Mariano RAJOY, President of the Government of Spain (Bruges)
Mr Iñigo MENDEZ DE VIGO, President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe and Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union (Bruges)
Mr Bronisław KOMOROWSKI, President of the Republic of Poland (Natolin (Warsaw))
President Giorgio NAPOLITANO, President of the Republic of Italy (Bruges)
Mr José M. DURAO BARROSO, President of the European Commission (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mrs Angela MERKEL, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bruges)
Mr Štefan FÜLE, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr. Jerzy BUZEK, President of the European Parliament (Bruges)
President Toomas Hendrik ILVES, President of the Republic of Estonia (Natolin (Warsaw))
Mr. Yves LETERME, Prime Minister of Belgium (Bruges)
Mr. Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European Parliament (Natolin (Warsaw))
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))
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))
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
José M. DURAO BARROSO, President of the European Commission
Josep Borrell FONTELLES, President of the European Parliament (Natolin (Warsaw))
Joschka FISCHER, German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
Danuta HÜBNER, Polish Minister of European Affairs (Natolin (Warsaw))
Valéry GISCARD D’ESTAING, President of the European Convention (Bruges)
Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (Natolin (Warsaw))
Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, President of Poland (Bruges)
Guy VERHOFSTADT, Prime Minister of Belgium (Natolin (Warsaw))
George PAPANDREOU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece (Bruges)
Jan KULAKOWSKI, Minister Plenipotentiary, Chief Negotiator of Poland for the EU Accession Negotiations (Natolin (Warsaw))
Jean-Luc DEHAENE, Prime Minister of Belgium (Bruges)
François-Xavier ORTOLI, President of the Commission of the European Communities