Tough Times, Though Choices: Are We Prepared for Tough Solutions?

60th Anniversary Königswinter Conference

19.09.2010, London

Participation in the 60th Anniversary Königswinter Conference entitled "Tough Times, Tough Choices: Are We Prepared for Tough Solutions?". The British-German conference took place on 16-18 September 2010 in London. Participants discussed among others about the prospects for growth while cutting public expenditure, the future role of the EU, and the prospects for democracy in light of the world's worst recession.

Speakers included among others: Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative; Rainer Brüderle, German Federal Minister of Economics, Vince Cable, UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; David Lidington, UK Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Baroness Neville-Jones, UK Minister of State for Security.

The Königswinter Conference is named after the city of Königswinter near Bonn, where the Conference was held for the first time in 1950. Since then, the Conference has convened annually, bringing together around 100 high-ranking German and British delegates from the fields of politics, diplomacy, science, journalism and business for an exchange of views. For many, the Königswinter Conference has become the epitome of a vibrant and effective bilateral forum. Königswinter has long been supported by both the British and the German government. For more information about the Königswinter Conference see the following website.