Austrian Society for European Politics (ÖGfE)
Secretary General: Paul Schmidt
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The Austrian Society for European Politics (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik / ÖGfE) aims to promote and support information activities on European affairs in Austria. Based in Vienna, the Society is a non-governmental and non-partisan platform mainly constituted by the Austrian Social Partners.
Since its formation in 1991, ÖGfE keeps expanding its range of activities and has accompanied the central steps of the European integration process, inter alia Austria’s EU accession, the introduction of the Euro as a common currency, enlargement towards our central and eastern European neighbours, the Austrian Council Presidencies in 1998 and 2006, the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty and the European elections.
Our guiding principle, thereby, is to communicate directly and maintain close contact with the citizens as central stakeholders of European integration.
Focal points and activities:
- Public opinion surveys – attitude of the Austrian citizens regarding EU issues
- Comparative analysis of current EU topics
- Information/publications (touring exhibitions, Policy Briefs, brochures, leaflets)
- Public panel discussions
- Public relations: Focus on new media
- EU seminars for opinion leaders (e.g. teachers, media)
- EU information for specific target groups (e.g. pupils)
Latest News:
- “Rule of Law and Justice: Case Serbia”, Djordje Popović (ÖGfE, Austria)
- “What can the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union do for the Western Balkans?”, Faris Kočan, Marko Lovec (ÖGFE, Austria)
- “Countering the Rule of Law Backsliding in the Western Balkans”, Katrin Böttger, Dominic Maugeais (OEGFE, Austria)
- “Why the EU’s Spitzenkandidaten procedure should be revived before the next European Parliament elections”, Paul Schmidt (OEGFE, Austria)
- “Quo vadis media pluralism in Europe? A contextualization from an Austrian perspective”, Florian Woschnagg (ÖGFE, Austria)
- “Subsidies for renewable energy sources: an acid test for a climate-friendly EU”, Dorothea Herzele and Susanne Wixforth (ÖGFE, Austria)
- GLOBSEC Trends 2021: Central and Eastern Europe one year into the pandemic (ÖGFE, Austria)
- “The future of the EU’s Spitzenkandidaten procedure”, Johanna Edthofer and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
- Kick-off of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Networks Project “WB2EU” (ÖGFE, Austria)
- “A Smarter Funding System for European Parties”, Louis Drounau (ÖGFE, Austria)
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