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5 unusual facts about European Movement International


Christof-Sebastian Klitz

Christof-Sebastian Klitz (born September 8, 1959 in Hamburg) is the Head of the Volkswagen Representative Office in Brussels and one of the Vice Presidents of the European Movement International.

European Movement International

Important political figures such as Konrad Adenauer, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, François Mitterrand, Paul-Henri Spaak, Albert Coppé and Altiero Spinelli took an active role in the congress and a call was launched for a political, economic and monetary Union of Europe.

Duncan Sandys was elected President and Léon Blum, Winston Churchill, Alcide De Gasperi and Paul-Henri Spaak were elected as Honorary Presidents.

Day-to-day office-work is performed by the staff, which is led by a Secretary General, since June 2009 Diogo Pinto.

The origins of the European Movement date to July 1947, when the cause of a united Europe was being championed by notables such as Duncan Sandys in the form of the Anglo-French United European Movement.



see also

European Movement Germany

EM Germany is also represented on the board of EM International: Jo Leinen is President of European Movement International and Bernd Hüttemann acts as a member.