Election-Assembly of Delegates 2016 is just around the corner

The Assembly of Delegates of FUEN, where new elections will take place, and which many are eagerly awaiting, is just around the corner. On 21 May in Wrocław / Breslau the delegates of FUEN will elect a new set of leaders for our umbrella.

There will be elections for the President and up to six Vice Presidents, the Auditors and the Members of the European Dialogue Forum.

Before the elections take place, the Delegates will have a challenging programme full of reports, proposals to amendment the statutes, resolutions and applications. The delegates have received an Assembly file with all the relevant documents.

The official press release of FUEN can be accessed here

FUEN Press release
Press release about the upcoming Assembly of Delegates of FUEN

On 21 May the Federal Union of European Nationalities will elect a new Presidium. After a total term of nine years as President, the incumbent FUEN President Hans Heinrich Hansen will end his successful term of office. At its Presidium meeting on 15 April 2016, the Presidium of FUEN assessed the nominations submitted by the FUEN Member Organisations; hereby the Presidium announces the candidates: 

For the position of President of the Federal Union of European Nationalities the two current Vice Presidents Loránt Vincze, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség (RMDSZ) and Dieter Paul Küssner, Sydslesvigsk Forening (SSF) are nominated:

For the positions of up to six Vice Presidents the candidates from the following organisations are nominated:

1.      Olga Martens, Internationaler Verband der Deutschen Kultur (IVDK)
2.      Daniel Alfreider, Südtiroler Volkspartei (SVP)
3.     Bernhard Ziesch, Domowina- Zwjazk Łužiskich Serbow z. t.
4.     Halit Habipoglu, President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
5.     Koloman Brenner, Landesselbstverwaltung der Ungarndeutschen (LDU)
6.     Gösta Toft, Bund Deutscher Nordschleswiger (BDN)
7.     Bernard Gaida, Verband Deutscher Gesellschaften in Polen (VDG)
8.     Lorant Vincze, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség (RMDSZ)
9.     Dieter Paul Küssner, Sydsleswigsk Forening (SSF)

FUEN is glad with this mixture of new and experiences Presidium members, standing for election on 21 May. The new Presidium will be elected for a three-years term of office from 2016-2019. The FUEN Member Organisations have received a file with the documents for the Assembly of Delegates, including with information about the candidates in advance.

Furthermore the Presidium is pleased with the nominations it received of the candidates for the FUEN Auditors and for the FUEN Members of the European Dialogue Forum. The European Dialogue Forum, consisting of representatives of the Youth of European Nationalities, the President of FUEN and seven representatives of FUEN is keeping regular contact with the Members of the European Parliament.