Lecture "The Model Europe on the Testing Bench: Current Development – Role Model for Asia?" 16.10.2007 A discussion with Michael Roth, member of the German Bundestag and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, on the topic of strong partnerships between a large number of countries ("the european model"). The European Union has to prove that it can mantain to be functional after the accession of 12 eastern european countries in 2005 and 2007 and that it can preserve prosperity, security and solidarity between all EU-memberstates. Could the “european model” be a model for Asia? Date: Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 15:00-18:30 Place: Seigakuin University Organized by: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Seigakuin Graduate Research Institute Programme (Japanese) 157 KB Speech by Michael Roth (German) 1,020 KB