LIST OF PERSONS HEARD
Wednesday 16 January 2019
• Hubert VÉDRINE , former Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Wednesday 23 January 2019
• Nicolas ROCHE , Director of Strategic Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE).
Wednesday 30 January 2019
• Florence MANGIN , Director for Continental Europe, Marie DUMOULIN , Deputy Director for Russia/Eastern Europe, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE).
Tuesday 5 February 2019
• Admiral Eric CHAPLET , Naval Advisor, Marketing Director, Fabien MENANT , Vice-President, Director of Public Affairs and International Relations, Naval Group.
Wednesday 6 February 2019
• Barbara KUNZ , researcher at the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI).
Tuesday 12 February 2019 (The Hague)
• Philippe LALLIOT , Ambassador of France to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Florence LEVY , Lead Advisor, Colonel Sylvain NOGRETTE , Defence Attaché.
• Han TEN BROEKE , Director of Political Affairs at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
• Trineke PALM , researcher at the University of Utrecht.
• M. Joris VOORHOEVE, Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) - Clingendael Institute and The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
• Joep WIJNANDS , Director General of Policy and Christoffer JONKER , Director of International Affairs; Brigade General DE JONG , Head of International Relations at the EMA (Ministry of Defence).
• Sven KOOPMANS, MP (VVD), President of the France-Netherlands Friendship Group and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for the VVD (Liberal Party).
• André BOSMAN , Liberal MP (VVD), Member of the Defence Committee, Defence Spokesperson for the VVD party.
• Lieutenant General Hubert de REVIERS DE MAUNY , Chief of Staff for Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (NATO).
• Air Division General Laurent MARBOEUF , Commander at European Air Transport Command (EATC) Eindhoven.
• J.P. KLEIWEG DE ZWAAN , Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
• J.G. VLIETSTRA (PvdA), Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Cooperation Committee, Senate (Eerste Kamer), S. SCHAAP (VVD), First Vice-President.
• E.B. van APELDOORN (SP), President of the European Affairs Committee, Senate (Eerste Kamer).
Thursday 14 February 2019
• Philippe SETTON , Director for the European Union, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE).
Thursday 21 and Friday 22 February 2019 (Brussels)
• Nicolas SURAN , Permanent Representative for the Permanent Representation of France at the Political and Security Committee (PSC).
• Ana GOMES , Member of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence.
• Emmanuel MIGNOT , Deputy Permanent Representative, PR-NATO.
• M. Camille GRAND , Assistant Secretary General (NATO).
• Gabriel BERNIER , Secretary General's Office (NATO).
• Hans-Dieter LUCAS , Permanent Representative (PR-NATO for Germany).
• Hélène DUCHENE , Permanent Representative (PR-NATO for France).
• Jonathan PARISH , Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Operations Division (NATO).
• Colonel Erik CLAESSEN , General Directorate of Material Resources (Belgian General Staff).
• Mariusz KARASINSKI , Permanent Representative of Poland to the Political and Security Committee (PSC).
• Fabrice COMPTOUR , advisor, cabinet of Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska (common market, industry, entrepreneurship, SMEs).
• Symeon ZAMBAS , Military Training Manager (European Security and Defence College).
• Pedro SERRANO , Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS).
• Arnaud MIGOUX, Senior Expert, European External Action Service (EEAS).
• Claude-France ARNOULD , Ambassador of France to Belgium.
• Jorge Manuel DOMECQ , Director-General of the European Defence Agency.
Tuesday 5 March 2019
• Nicolas GROS-VERHEYDE , journalist, Editor in Chief of B2.
Thursday 7 March 2019 (Bucharest)
• Simona COJORACU , Director, Directorate for Defence Policy, Romanian Ministry of Defence.
Friday 8 March 2019 (Bucharest)
• Ana Cristina TINCA , Director of Security Policy at the Romanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Tuesday 12 March 2019
• Pierre HAROCHE , researcher at the Strategic Research Institute of the French Military Academy (IRSEM).
Wednesday 13 March 2019
• Federico SANTOPINTO , Head of Research at the Group for Research and Information on Peace and security (GRIP).
• Alexandre ESCORCIA , Deputy Director of the Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy (CAPS).
Thursday 14 March 2019
• Eric BELLOT DES MINIERES , Deputy Chief for Planning, François BEAULIEU , Subdirectorate for Planning, Stéphane MARCHENOIRE , Operational Coherence Officer-Combat Engagement for the General Staff of the Armed Forces (EMA).
Tuesday 19 March 2019
• Louis GAUTIER , chief advisor to the Court of Auditors, author of a report to the President of the Republic on European defence and security.
• Jean-Pierre MAULNY , Deputy Director at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS France).
• Eric TRAPPIER , President and CEO of Dassault Aviation, President of GIFAS, President of CIDEF, Pierre BOURLOT , Delegate General (GIFAS), Jérôme JEAN , Director of Public Affairs (GIFAS), Bruno GIORGIANNI , Director of Public Affairs (Dassault).
Tuesday 26 March 2019
• Jean-Dominique GIULIANI , President of the Fondation Robert Schuman.
• Antoine BOUVIER , President and CEO, MBDA France, Patricia CHOLLET , Parliamentary Relations Manager.
Tuesday 2 April
• Philippe DUHAMEL , Deputy Director-General of THALES.
Wednesday 3 April 2019
• Alice GUITTON , Director-General of the General Directorate for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS), Ministry for the Armed Forces.
Wednesday 10 April 2019
• Anne-Marie DESCÔTES , Ambassador of France to Germany, and Nikolaus MEYER-LANDRUT , Ambassador of Germany to France.
Wednesday 10 April
• François HOLLANDE , former President of the Republic.
Monday 6 May (Berlin )
• Doctor Fritz FELGENTREU , Spokesman for the SPD on the Defence Committee.
• Markus WOELKE , in charge of the CSDP, the Franco-German Defence and Security Council, and relations with European Union Member States for security policy issues.
• Joachim BERTELE , Deputy Diplomatic Advisor, with responsibility for security and defence issues.
• Andreas Géza von GEYR , Political Director.
• Henning OTTE , spokesperson for the CDU on the Defence Committee.
• Claudia MAJOR , researcher at the SWP Foundation.
Tuesday 7 May (Berlin )
• Nils SCHMID , Spokesman for the SPD at the Foreign Affairs Committee, Reinhardt BRANDL , MP with the CSU and specialist in the armaments field, and Julia MONAR , Director for Arms Export Control.
Thursday 9 May (Rome)
• Lucio DEMICHELE , Head of the CFSP-CSDP Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
• Donatella TESEI , President of the Senate Subcommittee on Defence.
• At the Leonardo corporation: Giovanni SOCCODATO , Director of Strategy and Carlo FORMOSA , Vice-President in charge of International Relations.
• Rear Admiral Olivier BODHUIN, Deputy Commander, Sophia.
• Thierry TARDY, NDC.
• General Pascal LEGAY , ESA.
Friday 10 May (Rome)
• At the Ministry of Defence: General Mauro D'UBALDI , Deputy Chief of Staff, Nicoletta BOMBARDIERE , Minister's Office, Rear-Admiral Gianfranco ANNUNZIATA , Head of the Office of Military Policy, Dr. Luisa RICCARDI , Deputy Chief of Staff.
• IAI: General CAMPORINI , former Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces.
• FINCANTIERI: Andrea MANCIULLI , Vice-President, EU and NATO Relations.
Tuesday 14 May
• Joël BARRE , Delegate General for Armaments (DGA), Robin JAULMES , Technical Advisor.
Wednesday 15 May
• Frédéric MAURO , attorney at the Paris and Brussels Bars, expert on defence issues.
Thursday 16 May (London)
• Tom TUGENDHAT , MP, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee,
• Daniel DRAKE , Euro-Atlantic Security Policy Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Ministry of Defence (MOD),
• Jonathan BEALE , BBC ,
• Kim SENGUPTA , The Independent , Nick Childs , IISS .
Friday 17 May (London)
• Francis KEARNEY , Director Business Development and Future Programme s - Europe and Africa Defence - Rolls-Royce plc .
• Julian LEWIS , MP, C hairman of the Defence Committee .
• André ADAMSON , Head of UK-France (One Complex Weapons), MBDA.
• Jeremy GREAVES , Vice-President, Corporate Affairs & Strategy, Airbus Group UK.
Tuesday 4 June
• Vassilis NTOUSAS , Senior Policy Advisor, European Foundation for Progressive Studies, and Nicoletta PIROZZI , Director of the “EU, Policies and Institutions” programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
Wednesday 5 June (Warsaw)
• Lucyna GOLC-KOZAK and Marcin WROBLEWSKI , Assistants to the Director of Security Policy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
• Mathieu CARMONA , Chief Advisor at the French Embassy.
• Fabrice LEGGERI , Managing Director of Frontex.
• Pawel SZOLOCH , Head of the National Security Office.
• Lukasz JURCZYSZYN and Marcin TERLIKOWSKI , researchers at PISM (Government Institute for International Relations).
Thursday 6 June (Warsaw)
• Tomasz SZMIGIELSKI , Advisor to the Political Director, Ministry of Defence.
• Jaroslaw RUSIECKI , Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Senate, Jerzy CHRÓOECIKOWSKI, Marek PÊK and Jan DOBRZYÑSKI , senators, and Jaroslaw OBREMSKI, vice-chairman of the International and EU Affairs of the Senate.
Tuesday 11 June
• General Jérôme LOCKHART , General Officer in charge of International Relations, Army Staff.
• Philippe COQ , Permanent Secretary General for Public Affairs at Airbus.
• Stéphane MAYER , President and CEO of NEXTER and President of GICAT.
Tuesday 25 June
• General François LECOINTRE , Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.