Sophia Besch is a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform. She works on European defence issues, with a focus on EU Common Defence and Security Policy, European defence industry co-operation, NATO and German foreign and defence policy. Sophia also hosts the CER podcast. Sophia...
Niels Annen MP is Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office. Prior to this, he served as Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office (2018-2021), spokesperson on foreign affairs of the SPD...
Prior to being appointed President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2012, Hoyer served as Minister of State at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998, and then from 2009 to 2012. During his second time as Minister of State, he was Germany’s official in charge of...
Thomas Oppermann has been the parliamentary party leader of the SPD in the Bundestag since 2013 and was also parliamentary executive of the party. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 2005. Previously he led the ministry of science and culture of the Land Niedersachsen and was the speaker on economic policy of the regional parliament. Before joining politics he worked as a judge and legal councillor.