BERLIN, Germany and STRASBOURG, Austria and LONDON, England, January 18 /PRNewswire/ --
- New monthly English-language newspaper for Europe
Presentation with the newly elected President of the EU Parliament,Pöttering
Executive Editor Theo Sommer: "Tailwind for the German EU Presidency"
The first newspaper for Europe to come from Germany, "The German Times,"launches simultaneously with the German EU-Parliamentary Presidency.Executive Editor Theo Sommer is today handing over the first copy of themonthly newspaper to Hans-Gert Pöttering, the new President of the EuropeanParliament in Strasbourg, with German Chancellor and current President of theCouncil of Europe, Angela Merkel, and Martin Schulz, head of the SocialistGroup in the European Parliament in attendance. In the evening he willpresent "The German Times" in London.
Newspaper for decision makers from politics and business
The circulation of the English-language newspaper is 50,000 and eachmonth will reach all 7,265 members of the parliaments of the EU's 27 memberstates. In addition, "The German Times" is going to all national governments,all members of the European Parliament, the EU Commission and, last but notleast, Europe's most important business decision makers. In addition, thesome 1,000 parliamentarians in Switzerland, Norway and Turkey will alsoreceive the newspaper.
Editor in Chief Waltert:
"We want to accompany Europe's coalescence"
" "The German Times" will be a platform and place of European dialog andgive the German EU-Presidency tailwind," emphasizes Executive Editor TheoSommer, former Editor in Chief and Executive Editor of Die ZEIT. "We want toaccompany Europe's coalescence, in that we are creating a medium from Germanyfor all of Europe," says Editor in Chief Bruno Waltert, former Editor inChief of the Berliner Morgenpost. The former Executive Editor of the FAZ,Jürgen Jeske, who will write for "The German Times" as a columnist, says,"Our aim is to inform not just about Germany, German viewpoints andinterests, but also to provide a platform to well-known journalists from allof Europe."
Positive experience with
"Atlantic Times" and Hauptstadtbrief
"We have already had very positive experience with the "Atlantic Times"and made a contribution to transatlantic dialog," says publisher DetlefPrinz. The "Atlantic Times" has appeared monthly in Germany and the USA sinceOctober 2004 with a circulation of some 50,000. "The success in the USA hasgiven us a great deal of courage to launch an ambitious project that puts theEuropean idea at the center," continues Prinz. In addition, since 1999 Prinzhas been publishing the "Hauptstadtbrief," which provides backgroundinformation for decision makers in business and politics and has now achieveda circulation of 5,000.
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