Speaker

Andrea Ikic-Böhm

Ambassador

Austrian Embassy

Andrea Ikic-Böhm Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Bulgaria In 1994, Andrea Ikic-Böhm entered the Austrian Foreign Ministry and participated in the preparations for Austria's accession to the European Union (1 January 1995). Her professional career brought a wide range of assignments: In the MFA (Vienna): Bilateral Relations with Western and Northern Europe;Coordinator of Coreper I during the first Austrian Presidency of the EU (1998);Regional Cooperation;Arms control and Disarmament;Head of Unit for Export Control;Head of Border Traffic Department;Deputy Director General for Legal and Consular Affairs;Head of Structural Affairs and Services to Personnel Department. Posts abroad: Zagreb / Republic of Croatia (intern 1997, DHM 1999-2002, Ambassador 2011-2015);Strasbourg / French Republic (2005 Consul General and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe);Athens / Hellenic Republic (Ambassador 2015-2019);Sofia / Republic of Bulgaria (Ambassador since October 2022).

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The new EU Commission is already in place, marking President Von der Leyen’s second term in office. What can we expect from the new configuration at the top of the bloc’s leadership? How does the Draghi report inform and influence policy priorities and direction?