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Conference organized by the Austro-French Centre (CFA) and IFRI.
With Peter JANKOWITSCH, Secretary General, Austro-French Centre; Dominique DAVID, Executive Director, French Institute for International Relations (IFRI); Sandra FRAUENBERGER, Vienna City Executive Councillor for Integration; H.E. Philippe CARRÉ, Ambassador of France to Austria (t.b.c.); H.E. Heinz FISCHER, Federal President of the Republic of Austria; Eliane MOSSE, Counsellor of the Austro-French Centre at IFRI and Hans STARK, Counsellor of the Austro-French Centre at IFRI.
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