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2017
Speech
by Mr António COSTA
, Prime Minister of Portugal
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2017-2018
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 15 September 2017
Speech
by Jörg MONAR
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2017-2018
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 15 September 2017
2016
Speech
by Jörg MONAR
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2016-2017
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 8 November 2016
Speech
by Mr Jean-Claude JUNCKER
, Président de la Commission européenne
à l'occasion de l'ouverture solennelle de l’année académique 2016-2017
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 8 November 2016
Speech
by Mr Tomáš PROUZA
, State Secretary for European Affairs of the Czech Republic
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 26 October 2016
Speech
by Mr Geert BOURGEOIS
, Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Foreign Policy and Architectural Heritage
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 6 October 2016
Speech
by Monsieur Emmanuel MACRON
, Ministre français de l'Économie, de l'Industrie et du Numérique
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 18 April 2016
Speech
by Mr Tibor NAVRACSICS
, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 1 March 2016
2015
Speech
by Mr Alexander STUBB
, Minister of Finance of Finland
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2015-2016
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 7 October 2015
Speech
by Jörg MONAR
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2015-2016
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 7 October 2015
2014
Speech
by Mr Mariano RAJOY
, President of the Government of Spain
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2014-2015
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 23 October 2014
Speech
by Jörg MONAR
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2014-2015
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 23 October 2014
Speech
by Alex SALMOND
, First Minister of Scotland
on EU-Scotland relations
, 28 April 2014
Speech
by H.E. Mr XI Jinping
, President of the People's Republic of China
on EU - China relations
, 1 April 2014
Speech
by Inigo MENDEZ DE VIGO
, President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe and Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union
on the occasion of the speech by H.E. XI Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
, 1 April 2014
Speech
by Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble
, Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
at the 5th Bruges European Business Conference
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 27 March 2014
2013
Speech
by Iñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO
, President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe and Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2013-2014
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 5 November 2013
Speech
by Jörg MONAR
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the opening ceremonies of the academic year 2013-2014, in Natolin (Warsaw), on 16 October 2013, and in Bruges
, 5 November 2013
Speech
by H.E. Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA
, Member of the European Commission responsible for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
, 3 October 2013
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the inauguration of the final phase of Verversdijk
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 28 June 2013
Inaugural lecture
by Kris PEETERS
, Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Economy, Foreign Policy, Agriculture and Rural Policy
on the occasion of the inauguration of the final phase of Verversdijk
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 28 June 2013
Speech
by Alexander STUBB
, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 5 February 2013
2012
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the opening ceremonies of the academic year 2012-2013, in Bruges, on 17 October 2012, and in Natolin (Warsaw)
, 29 October 2012
Speech
by Mr Vladimir FILAT
, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 2012/2013 academic year
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 29 October 2012
Speech
by Dr Ian LESSER
, Director, German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Center, Brussels
at the High-Level Lecture on the Neighbours of the EU's Neighbours: "The United States and the EU's Broader Neighbourhood"
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 25 October 2012
Speech
by Mrs Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT
, Prime Minister of Denmark
on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 2012/2013 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 17 October 2012
2011
Speech
by Ewa OŚNIECKA-TAMECKA
, Vice-Rector of the College of Europe
at the inauguration of European Parliament - Bronislaw Geremek European Civilization Chair
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 29 December 2011
Speech
by H.E. Mr Alexander STUBB
, Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 17 November 2011
Speech
by Mr Giorgio NAPOLITANO
, President of the Italian Republic
at the opening of the 2011/2012 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 26 October 2011
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the opening of the 2011/2012 academic year on both campuses
at the College of Europe in Bruges and Natolin (Warsaw)
, 26 October 2011
Speech
by Mrs Androulla VASSILIOU
, EC Commissioner
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 26 September 2011
Speech
by H.E. Mr Abdullah GÜL
, President of Turkey
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 6 June 2011
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the inauguration of European Parliament - Bronislaw Geremek European Civilization Chair
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 13 April 2011
Letter
by Jerzy BUZEK
, President of the European Parliament
for the Inauguration of European Parliament - Bronislaw Geremek European Civilization Chair
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 13 April 2011
Inaugural lecture
by Prof. ESPADA
, Chairholder of the European Parliament - Bronislaw Geremek European Civilization Chair
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 13 April 2011
Speech
by Mr. François CORNELIS
, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee and President of Chemicals TOTAL
at the inauguration of the TOTAL Chair of EU Foreign Policy
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 9 March 2011
Inaugural lecture
by Prof. Stephan KEUKELEIRE
, Chairholder of the TOTAL Chair of EU Foreign Policy
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 9 March 2011
2010
Speech
by Mr Štefan FÜLE
, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
at the opening of the 2010/2011 academic year
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 6 December 2010
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the opening of the 2010/2011 academic year on both campuses
at the College of Europe in Bruges and Natolin (Warsaw)
, 2 November 2010
Speech
by Mrs. Angela MERKEL
, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
at the opening of the 2010/2011 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 2 November 2010
Speech
by Herman VAN ROMPUY
, President of the European Council
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 25 February 2010
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of the keynote speech by the President of the European Council
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 25 February 2010
Speech
by Karel DE GUCHT
, European Commissioner for Trade
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 4 February 2010
2009
Speech
by Toomas Hendrik ILVES
, Président de la République d'Estonie
a l'occasion de l'ouverture de l'année académique
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 7 December 2009
Speech
by Jerzy BUZEK
, President of the European Parliament
at the opening of the 2009/2010 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 4 November 2009
Speech
by Íñigo MENDEZ DE VIGO
, Member of the European Parliament and President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe
at the opening of the 2009/2010 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 4 November 2009
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the opening of the 2009/2010 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 4 November 2009
2008
Speech
by Yves LETERME
, Prime Minister of Belgium
at the opening of the 2008/2009 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 18 November 2008
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the opening of the 2008/2009 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 18 November 2008
Speech
by Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
, President of the European Parliament
at the opening of the 2008/2009 academic year
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 1 October 2008
Speech
by Leonard ORBAN
, EC Commissioner for Multilingualism
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 6 March 2008
2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David MILIBAND
, Member of Parliament for South Shields and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
at the opening of the 2007/2008 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 15 November 2007
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the opening of the 2007/2008 academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 15 November 2007
Speech
by Carl BILDT
, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
at the opening of the 2007/2008 academic year
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 12 November 2007
Speech
by Abdou DIOUF
, Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 20 September 2007
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of a visit of H.E. Abdou Diouf, Secretary General of the OIF
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 20 September 2007
Speech
by H.E. Emin EYYUBOV
, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Belgium, Luxembourg and to the EU
on the occasion of a talk on the relations between Azerbaijan and the EU at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Development Office of the College of Europe, at the Bibliothèque Solvay
, 3 May 2007
Speech
by Philippe DOUSTE-BLAZY
, Ministre des Affaires étrangères de la République française
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 29 January 2007
Speech
by Alberto NAVARRO
, Secretary of State for the European Union (Spain)
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 19 January 2007
2006
Speech
by Erkki LIIKANEN
, Governor of the Bank of Finland
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 8 December 2006
Speech
by Karel DE GUCHT
, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs
at the inauguration ceremony of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 15 November 2006
Speech
by M. Jean-Claude JUNCKER
, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Minister of State and Minister of Finance
at the opening of the 57th academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 30 October 2006
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
on the occasion of a visit of Gilles de Robien, French minister of national education
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 23 October 2006
Speech
by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
, President of the European Parliament
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 13 October 2006
Speech
by Viktor YUSHCHENKO
, Président d'Ukraine
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 12 May 2006
Speech
by Lionel JOSPIN
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 4 April 2006
2005
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the opening ceremony for the Beethoven Promotion
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 19 October 2005
Speech
by Javier SOLANA
, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 19 October 2005
Speech
by dr. Jan Peter BALKENENDE
, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 25 April 2005
Speech
by Jeremy KINSMAN
, Canadian Mission to the European Union
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 17 February 2005
2004
Speech
by Mr. BARROSO
, President of the European Commission
at the inauguration of the Academic Year 2004-2005
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 23 November 2004
Speech
by Paul DEMARET
, Rector of the College of Europe
at the inauguration of the Academic Year 2004-2005
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 23 November 2004
Speech
by Marcus POLLARD
, Student of the College of Europe (Bruges Campus)
during the plenary session of the Committee of the Regions
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 17 November 2004
Speech
by Josep BORRELL
at the opening of the academic year 2004/2005
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 3 November 2004
Speech
by Juhan PARTS
, President of Estonia
on the occasion of a visit to the Natolin (Warsaw) Campus
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 29 September 2004
Speech
by Philippe MAYSTADT
, Chairman of the European Investment Bank
at a lecture entitled: "La Banque européenne d'investissement au service des actions extérieures de l'Union européenne"
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 18 March 2004
Inaugural lecture
by Rockwell A. SCHNABEL
, US Mission to the EU
on the occasion of a visit to the College's Bruges Campus on Thursday 11th March 2004 to deliver a lecture
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 11 March 2004
Inaugural lecture
by Pascal LAMY
, European Commissioner for trade
on the occasion of a visit at the College's Bruges Campus on Monday March 8th 2004. He delivered a lecture entitled "Europe à 25: y-a-t-il un pilote dans l'Union?"
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 8 March 2004
2002
Speech
by Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING
, President of the European Convention
at the opening of the academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 2 October 2002
2001
Speech
by Romano PRODI
, President of the European Commission
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 12 November 2001
Speech
by Guy VERHOFSTADT
, Prime Minister of Belgium
at the opening of the academic year
at the College of Europe, Natolin (Warsaw) campus
, 23 October 2001
Speech
by H.E. Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI
, President of the Republic of Poland
at the opening of the academic year
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 2 October 2001
Speech
by Graham WARD
, President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 21 March 2001
Speech
by Mario MONTI
, European Commissioner for Competition
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 20 March 2001
2000
Speech
by Paavo LIPPONEN
, Prime Minister of Finland
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 10 November 2000
Speech
by George PAPANDREOU
, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece
at the opening of the academic year 2000/2001
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 6 October 2000
Speech
by Leo TINDEMANS
, Belgian Minister of State
Celebration of Pater Verleye
at the College of Europe, Bruges campus
, 9 May 2000
