BELA Debate: Hertie School Students discuss the future of Europe with Angela Merkel
Video: Highlights from the Event (German)
Video: Chancellor Merkel's speech (German)
Berlin, 8 February 2012 – Over 50 Hertie School students were among a group of young leaders who discussed Europe’s future with German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel, last night in the Neues Museum in Berlin. Merkel kicked the evening off with a brief speech on the future of Europe after which the floor was opened for a discussion moderated by Financial Times’ Quentin Peel.
Merkel engaged with the dynamic audience’s questions and perspectives on European integration and mapping the course for Europe’s future. The event was hosted by the BELA Foundation.
A warm thank you to Barbara-Maria Monheim and the BELA Foundation for extending an invitation to Hertie School students to attend the discussion with Chancellor Merkel.
- German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel
- Financial Times’ Quentin Peel and Chancellor Merkel
- Hertie School PhD student, Anna Hechinger (far left) asks Chancellor Merkel a question
- Hertie School MPP Student, Jan Jakub Chromiec
- Hertie School MPP Student, Justyna Wesolowska asks Chancellor Merkel about her dreams for Europe's future
- Hertie School MPP Student, Steven Schmerz asks a question while fellow student, Valerie Vogel (far left) looks on
- Barbara-Maria Monheim, Founder of the BELA Foundation
- Zinovia Tsikalaki, Studienkolleg zu Berlin (2010-2011)
- German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel
