Maria Gabriel becomes the chairman of the "Robert Schumann" Institute, the European People's Party announced, BNR reported.
Yesterday, her name was mentioned as Deputy Secretary General of NATO, but Radmila Shekerinska - former Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia - took the post instead.
The Institute for the Development of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe "Rober Schumann" was founded by the EPP in 1995. Its headquarters are in Budapest. There, the pan-European party trains its cadres.
His patron, Robert Schumann, was a former French foreign minister who proposed in a speech on May 9, 1950. the creation of the Coal and Steel Union between France and the then FRG. For this reason, he is considered the father of the EU.