Günter Verheugen

Günter Verheugen, born in Bad Kreuznach in 1944, was Secretary General of the FDP and switched to the SPD in 1982. He was a member of the Deutsche Bundestag between 1983 and 1999, Secretary general of the SPD and deputy leader of the SPD parliamentary group [1994 to 1997]. From 1998 to 1999 he was Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office. He then moved to Brussels as EU Commissioner for EU Enlargement and was Vice-President of the EU Commission during his second term [2004 to 2010]. He served as European Co-Chairman of the Transatlantic Economic Council between 2007 and 2010. He is an honorary professor at the Europe University Viadrina.

As of 2024

Europa in der Krise. Für eine Neugründung der europäischen Idee
Kiepenheuer Witsch
Köln, 2005

Europäische Integration aus historischer Erfahrung
(mit Michael Gehler)
Bonn, 2014

Bedrohter Diskurs
Deutsche Stimmen zum Ukrainekrieg
(Anthologie)
Donat
Bremen, 2024

Der lange Weg zum Krieg
Russland, die Ukraine und der Westen
Eskalation statt Entspannung
(mit Petra Erler)
Heyne
München, 2024