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The promotion of German and French in the EU institutions was considered by Dr. Klaus Kinkel (German Federal Foreign Minister 1985-1995) and Jacques Delors (President of the EU Commission 1985-1995) as an important contribution to multilingualism in Europe. That was the beginning of an intensive language course programme, which initially under the name "DeutschLand - Sprachkurse in Deutschland" (German Country - Language Courses in Germany) and later as "Europanetzwerk Deutsch" (European German Network) still attracts a great deal of interest today.
 
Since 1994, the Federal Foreign Office has supported the promotion of German as a working and processing language in the EU institutions with this language course programme in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut. It was an important concern of the founding father and then Foreign Minister Dr Klaus Kinkel to strengthen the German language in the European context in this way.

Picture collage with participants of the Europanetzwerk Deutsch © Europanetzwerk Deutsch/Ludwig Nachtmann

Anniversary: 30 Years Europanetzwerk Deutsch

’Europanetzwerk Deutsch’ has been promoting German as a working and procedural language in European institutions since 1994. The programme celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024 with various special events.

Jubiläum © Eric Berghen

ANNIVERSARY: 25 YEARS OF EUROPANETZWERK DEUTSCH

‘Europanetzwerk Deutsch’ has been promoting German as a working and procedural language in European institutions since 1994. The programme celebrated its 25th anniversary in Brussels in 2019.

Your recipe for Europe © Europanetzwerk Deutsch/Nachtmann

The European Cookbook

Europe is varied, diverse and welcoming: with the help of your recipe contributions, we have created the first Europanetzwerk Deutsch cookbook on the occasion of Europe Day 2022.

Europa. Deine Sprachen. ©

Europe. Your Languages.

On the occasion of the European trio presidency, Germany-Portugal-Slovenia in 2020/2021, the Europanetzwerk Deutsch examined the role of multilingualism in Europe. Under the title Europe. Your languages. various events took place.

EU-04 Berlin Brüssel 2018 © Goethe-Institut

German in the European Union

What does it look like, how can it be shaped, the role of German in the institutions of the European Union? In 2015 an exciting panel discussion took place on this topic in the plenary hall of the Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz in Berlin.

Europanetzwerk Deutsch © Europanetzwerk Deutsch/Goethe-Institut

WDR-Europaforum in Brussels

As part of the WDR-Europaforum, that takes place in Berlin since 2007, alumni of the Europanetzwerk Deutsch are invited to a post-contact meeting annually. On the occasion of the WDR European Forum 2014 in Brussels, alumni from the EU member states got to know the EU institutions in Brussels and Luxembourg.
 

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