"We cannot build Europe without a strong and effective German-French partnership"
As French diplomat living and working in the cosmopolitan German capital, Antoine embodies the German-French friendship and the European experience. Having initiated the very first Model G20 at ESCP Business School only three months after the first G20 summit in Washington in 2008, the Frenchman went on from simulating negotiations to taking part in them by joining the task-force of the presidency of the G8 and the G20 at the French Foreign Office during the financial crisis
"The German-French friendship means that we should put people first. History, countries, econom
Committed, active and open — those are three words that best describe GFYL alumni and GFYL speaker Claire. A sports fan, policy enthusiast and addict of Politico’s Morning Trade blog, she made one of her passions her profession when joining the principal French Sports Union as a Public Affairs specialist. Next to her sports engagements like handball and football, she is the Vice-president of the think tank Point d’aencrage, a French left-wing think tank focusing on political
"The Digital Revolution is a Great Opportunity but also a Challenge"
Mehdi, former GFYL participant and patent engineer from Paris, talked to the German-French Youth Office about his thoughts on German-French relations, Europe and the digital revolution. Check out the interview in German and French below. Mehdi Mahammadi-Bouzina, originaire de Paris, travaille comme ingénieur brevets au cabinet Plasseraud et s’engage auprès de l’initiative „Sauvons l’Europe“. Il a participé cette année à la conférence German-French Young Leaders à Berlin réuni
The German-French friendship - a participant's perspective II
Only some days before the 2017 edition of the German-French Young Leaders Programme, we talked to Julie, a business builder at Deutsche Ventures and co-founder of Keydock based in Berlin. As a Franco-German, Julie will contribute a very personal perspective to the Conference starting on 11 May 2017. Julie, what motivated you to participate in the GFYL Programme?
Simply the concept of a group of young and diverse people spending three intense days together and coming up with
The German-French friendship - a participant's perspective I
With the 2017 edition of the German-French Young Leaders Conference approaching, we would like to meet our future participants and find out why the German-French relationship matters to them. We exchanged with Anuchika, a first-time GFYL Conference participant and future graduate from Grenoble Business School, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and Columbia University in New York. She is currently doing an apprenticeship at the Bank of France as an International Relations E
About German-French relations and why vintage is back on the agenda
What does our participants motivate to take part in the GFYL Programme? And what does the German-French friendship mean to them? A participa
A former Président and Bundespräsident as Patrons for GFYL 2017
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"The Saarland, at the border between Luxembourg and France, reminds us of Europe's complicated but also agile and vulnerable nature. But it also reminds us of how necessary and irreplaceable the unification of Europe, peace and understanding am ong nations for men is. Europe is our common homeland. Europe is also our common project, our common future, that we cannot stop working on." Christian Wulff, 7 November 2011 "Located in the heart of Europe, Germany and France today