The European Parliament elections are coming up. The Citizens' Forum Europe is bringing together the top EU candidates from all parties with high-ranking business representatives to discuss competitiveness and Europe as a business location over the course of five evenings.
"With our STANDPUNKT EUROPA dialogue series, we will once again make a contribution to the substantive debate. Away from the party-tactical election campaign, we want to find out from the top candidates what their vision for Europe is. Location and competitiveness are the key issues in the coming years - from climate to defence," says Othmar Kars, Chairman of the Citizens' Forum Europe and First Vice-President of the European Parliament.
Our Café Landtmann was chosen as a neutral venue for the series of talks. Bernd Querfeld: "Café Landtmann has been a political venue for over 150 years and has always been a neutral location and a good place for discussions. As a café owner, it fills me with joy and confirmation that the Landtmann is a suitable place to talk about Austria's future and opportunities in Europe."
The dates:
30 April 18 - 19:30
Lena Schilling (Die Grünen) and Willibald Cernko (Erste Group) will be discussing under the direction of Wolfang Böhm (Die Presse)
2 May 18 - 19:30
Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP) and Silvia Angelo (ÖBB Infra) discuss under the direction of Christoph Kotanko (OÖN)
13 May 18 - 19:30
Harald Vilimsky (FPÖ) and Andreas Brandstetter (UNIQUA) discuss under the direction of Michael Laczynski (Die Presse)
22 May 18 - 19:30
Andreas Schieder (SPÖ) and Mariana Kühnel (WKÖ) discuss under the direction of Ingrid Steiner-Gashi (KURIER)
4 June 18 - 19:30
Helmut Brandstätter (NEOS) and Christoph Neumayer (IV) discuss under the direction of Doris Vettermann
