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Luxembourg Prime Minister comes to campus
Mark Weber
Issue date: 9/21/06 Section: News
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SHU once again goes global with the sponsoring of Luxembourg's only American accredited MBA Program. On Monday, Sept. 18, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn, spoke about "U.S. and European Relations: Current Realities and Future Directions" at the University's annual Leir Lecture.
Asselborn has been deputy prime minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg since 2004. He has served in his country's Parliament since 1984 and appointed head of the Parliamentary group of Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party in 1989. Additionally, he served as Vice President of the Parliament from 1999-2004.
Asselborn is a man who works towards achieving balance between the European Union and the United States.
"Like the United States, Europe takes terrorism seriously," said Asselborn.
One of the issues Asselborn addressed was the discovery that two CIA secret prisons were operated in Eastern Europe until December of 2005. They were shut down after their existence was reported in Poland and Romania.
These imprisonments are not in accordance with the Geneva Convention. "Human rights and standards must be maintained and the world is asking for the European philosophy on war," said Asselborn.
During the speech, Asselborn explained that Europe continuously works with the United Nations' peacekeeping efforts through diplomacy using a different approach than that of the United States in relation to retaliation and war.
He also referred to the need to advocate transatlantic relations and the importance of "multi-lateral solutions" in terms of connecting European and American college students.
Asselborn has been deputy prime minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg since 2004. He has served in his country's Parliament since 1984 and appointed head of the Parliamentary group of Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party in 1989. Additionally, he served as Vice President of the Parliament from 1999-2004.
Asselborn is a man who works towards achieving balance between the European Union and the United States.
"Like the United States, Europe takes terrorism seriously," said Asselborn.
One of the issues Asselborn addressed was the discovery that two CIA secret prisons were operated in Eastern Europe until December of 2005. They were shut down after their existence was reported in Poland and Romania.
These imprisonments are not in accordance with the Geneva Convention. "Human rights and standards must be maintained and the world is asking for the European philosophy on war," said Asselborn.
During the speech, Asselborn explained that Europe continuously works with the United Nations' peacekeeping efforts through diplomacy using a different approach than that of the United States in relation to retaliation and war.
He also referred to the need to advocate transatlantic relations and the importance of "multi-lateral solutions" in terms of connecting European and American college students.
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