Reconciliation of European Histories Group
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The Reconciliation of European Histories Group is an informal all-party group in the European Parliament
involved in promoting the Prague Process
in all of Europe, aimed at coming to terms with the totalitarian past in many countries of Europe. The group is chaired by former European Commissioner
Sandra Kalniete
and comprises members of the European People's Party, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
, The Greens–European Free Alliance, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
, Europe of Freedom and Democracy
, and the European Conservatives and Reformists
. As of 2011, the group had 40 members, including Sandra Kalniete, Hans-Gert Pöttering
(Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
and former President of the European Parliament
), László Tőkés
(Vice President of the European Parliament
), Heidi Hautala
(former Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
), and Gunnar Hökmark
(Chairman of the European Friends of Israel
). The group has co-hosted a number of public hearings and other meetings in the European Parliament on totalitarianism
and communist crimes in Eastern and Central Europe. The Reconciliation of European Histories Group also cooperates closely with the Working Group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience
.
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
involved in promoting the Prague Process
Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism
The Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism , which was signed on 3 June 2008, was a declaration signed by prominent European politicians, former political prisoners and historians, including past signatories of Charter 77 such as Václav Havel, which called for condemnation of and...
in all of Europe, aimed at coming to terms with the totalitarian past in many countries of Europe. The group is chaired by former European Commissioner
European Commissioner
A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each Member within the college holds a specific portfolio and are led by the President of the European Commission...
Sandra Kalniete
Sandra Kalniete
Sandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician, author, diplomat and independence movement leader. She served as Foreign Minister of Latvia 2002–2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004...
and comprises members of the European People's Party, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the...
, The Greens–European Free Alliance, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats is the social-democratic political group in the European Parliament, formed by MEPs of the Party of European Socialists and allied centre-left parties. The group dates its ancestry via various names back to the beginning of the European...
, Europe of Freedom and Democracy
Europe of Freedom and Democracy
Europe of Freedom and Democracy is a Eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament. Formed after the European parliamentary election in 2009, it is mostly made up of elements of the now defunct Independence/Democracy and Union for a Europe of Nations groups from the out-going...
, and the European Conservatives and Reformists
European Conservatives and Reformists
The European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to ECR, is a conservative anti-federalist political group in the European Parliament. The group currently comprises 57 MEPs, making it the fourth-largest group in the European Parliament....
. As of 2011, the group had 40 members, including Sandra Kalniete, Hans-Gert Pöttering
Hans-Gert Pöttering
Hans-Gert Pöttering is a German conservative politician , and was the President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009...
(Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is a German political party foundation associated with the centre-right Christian Democratic Union . The foundation's headquarters are located in Saint Augustine and Berlin. Globally, the KAS has 78 offices and runs programs in over 100 countries...
and former President of the European Parliament
President of the European Parliament
The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament. He or she also represents the Parliament within the EU and internationally. The President's signature is required for enacting most EU laws and the EU budget.Presidents serve...
), László Tőkés
László Tokés
László Tőkés is a Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of the European Parliament ....
(Vice President of the European Parliament
Vice President of the European Parliament
There are fourteen Vice Presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the President in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.-Role:...
), Heidi Hautala
Heidi Hautala
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(former Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
Subcommittee on Human Rights
The Subcommittee on Human Rights is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. The committee is chaired by Barbara Lochbihler .- See also :* Sakharov Prize...
), and Gunnar Hökmark
Gunnar Hökmark
Anders Gunnar Hökmark is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Moderate Party; part of the European People's Party....
(Chairman of the European Friends of Israel
European Friends of Israel
European Friends of Israel is a European lobby organization for Israel. It was established in September 2006, where 300 MEPs and national MPs took part in an opening ceremony...
). The group has co-hosted a number of public hearings and other meetings in the European Parliament on totalitarianism
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible...
and communist crimes in Eastern and Central Europe. The Reconciliation of European Histories Group also cooperates closely with the Working Group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience
Platform of European Memory and Conscience
The Platform of European Memory and Conscience is an educational project of the European Union bringing together government institutions and organisations from EU countries active in research, documentation, awareness raising and education about the crimes of totalitarian regimes...
.
Members
- Bastiaan BelderBastiaan BelderBastiaan Belder is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament with the SGP, part of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs...
, EFD - Kinga GálKinga GálKinga Gál is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Gál is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs,...
, PPE - Cristina Gutierrez-CortinesCristina Gutiérrez-CortinesCristina Gutiérrez-Cortines is a Spanish politician andMember of the European Parliament with the People's Party,part of the European People's Party and sits on...
, PPE - Ágnes HankissÁgnes HankissÁgnes Hankiss is a Hungarian politician and electedMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party.-References:...
, PPE - Heidi HautalaHeidi Hautala-External links:* * *...
, VERTS/ALE - Gunnar HökmarkGunnar HökmarkAnders Gunnar Hökmark is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Moderate Party; part of the European People's Party....
, PPE - Anneli JäatteenmäkiAnneli JäätteenmäkiAnneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki, Master of Laws was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003....
, ALDE - Philippe JuvinPhilippe JuvinPhilippe Juvin is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the Île-de-France constituency....
, PPE - Sandra KalnieteSandra KalnieteSandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician, author, diplomat and independence movement leader. She served as Foreign Minister of Latvia 2002–2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004...
, PPE - Arturs Krišjānis KariņšArturs Krišjanis KarinšArturs Krišjānis Kariņš is a Latvian politician.Kariņš was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States in a Latvian American family. In 1996, he finished a Ph.D. in linguistics from University of Pennsylvania...
, PPE - Tunne KelamTunne KelamTunne-Väldo Kelam MEP is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Pro Patria Union , part of the European People's Party....
, PPE - Andrey KovatchevAndrey KovatchevDr. Andrey Kovatchev is a Bulgarian politician, Member of the European Parliament, a federalist and Head of the Bulgarian Delegation in the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Dr. Andrey Kovatchev is a Chairman of the in Bulgaria...
, PPE - Alain LamassoureAlain LamassoureAlain Lamassoure is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.He is a substitute for the...
, PPE - Vytautas LandsbergisVytautas LandsbergisProfessor Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas...
, PPE - Monica Luisa Macovei, PPE
- Iosif MatulaIosif MatulaIosif Matula is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party , he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009.-Biography:...
, PPE - Marek MigalskiMarek MigalskiDr Marek Henryk Migalski is a Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament, political scientist, and columnist. A member of Poland Comes First , Migalski was elected to the European Parliament at the 2009 election for Law and Justice...
, ECR - Radvilė Morkūnaitė, PPE
- Mariya Ivanova Nedelcheva, PPE
- Kristiina OjulandKristiina OjulandKristiina Ojuland was the foreign minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. In June 2004 she ran for the post of secretary-general of the Council of Europe, but was defeated, receiving 51 of 299 votes...
, ALDE - Ivari PadarIvari PadarIvari Padar is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Finance and former chairman of the Estonian Social Democratic Party. He was Deputy Mayor of Võru from 1993 to 1994, Executive Chairman of the Võru Farmers Union from 1994 to 1995, and Assistant to the Chancellor at the Finance Ministry from...
, S&D - Bernd PosseltBernd PosseltBernd Posselt is a German politician and a son of expellees.Posselt was born in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1994...
, PPE - Hans-Gert PötteringHans-Gert PötteringHans-Gert Pöttering is a German conservative politician , and was the President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009...
, PPE - Cristian Dan Preda, PPE
- Zuzana RoithováZuzana RoithováZuzana Roithová is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.She is a...
, PPE - Jacek Saryusz-WolskiJacek Saryusz-WolskiJacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski is a Polish diplomat, politician and a MEP: member of the European Parliament...
, PPE - György SchöpflinGyörgy SchöpflinGyörgy Schöpflin is a Hungarian academic and politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for Fidesz and the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs...
, PPE - Sógor Csaba, PPE
- Peter ŠťastnýPeter StastnyPeter Šťastný , also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a...
, PPE - Theodor StolojanTheodor StolojanTheodor Dumitru Stolojan is a Romanian politician. An economist by training, he is a leader of the Democratic-Liberal Party. He previously served as Prime minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992. He and his wife Elena have a son, Vlad Stolojan, and a daughter, Ada Palea...
, PPE - László SurjánLászló SurjánLászló Surján László Surján László Surján (born on 7 September 1941 in Kolozsvár, (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the FIDESZ, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on...
, PPE - József SzájerJózsef SzájerJózsef Szájer, is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union party, a Vice-Chairman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.Szájer is a substitute for the...
, PPE - Csaba Tabajdi, S&D
- László TőkésLászló TokésLászló Tőkés is a Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of the European Parliament ....
, PPE - Traian Ungureanu, PPE
- Viktor UspaskichViktor UspaskichViktor Uspaskich is a Russian born Lithuanian entrepreneur, professional welder and politician.-Early life:He arrived in Lithuanian SSR in 1985 and worked as a welder in the gas industry...
, ALDE - Inese VaidereInese VaidereInese Vaidere is a Latvian politician, serving as a Member of the European Parliament .She was formerly Vice-Mayor of Riga and member of the Saeima. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 for the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK list; part of the Union for a Europe of Nations group...
, PPE - Anna ZáborskáAnna ZáborskáAnna Záborská is a Slovak Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the Christian Democratic Movement ticket and sits with the European People's Party group....
, PPE - Paweł Zalewski, PPE
- Milan ZverMilan ZverMilan Zver is a Slovenian politician, sociologist and political scientist. He currently serves as vice-president of the Slovenian Democratic Party. Between 2004 and 2008, he was Minister for Education and Sports in Janez Janša's centre right government...
, PPE