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General Assembly of the Fondation du Mérite Européen

  • 27 June 2024

General Assembly of the Fondation du Mérite Européen (24 June 2024) 

On 24 June 2024, the (FME) elected its new President, , former longstanding Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the European Commission. We wish her every success in her new role. Viviane Reding will work alongside Simone Beissel, Vice-President, and Jean-Marie Majerus, Secretary-General, as well as the other members of the Foundation 

We would like to pay tribute to the Honorary President of the FME, – Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1984-1995), President of the European Commission (1995-1999) and President of  the Academy of European Law (1992-2023) – for his tireless commitment and service to Europe over all these years, and we look back fondly on the many events for Europe Direct at the ͷ in which he and the Foundation participated since 2018. 

Picture 1 FME © Eduard Slootweg, 2024 

From left to right, front row: Eduard Slootweg, Viviane Reding, Simone Beissel, Jean-Marie Majerus, Dennis Wernerus; second row: Robert Philippart, Waltraud Keßeler, Eleftheria Neframi, third row: Ady Richard, Elena Danescu, Nico Bley, Barbara Söhngen.  

Pictures © ͷ 

Pictures 1, 2, 3 – “Shaping the Europe of the Future” (ͷ, 13 October 2018) 

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Picture 5 – Conference and debate: ‘’European construction: the revolution of a continent” (Institut Pierre Werner, 10 November 2022)

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