Othmar Karas is the New President of the European Forum Alpbach

PeopleOther ♦ Published: November 10, 2024; 21:17 ♦ (Vindobona)

Othmar Karas, long-time ÖVP-EU politician and former Vice-President of the European Parliament, is the new President of the European Forum Alpbach (EFA). With the handover from Andreas Treichl, who successfully reoriented the Forum over the last four years, Karas takes over the leadership of one of the most important platforms for European dialogue on future issues. Othmar Karas has already announced his plans for an even more international and European forum.

With Othmar Karas, an experienced European politician and avowed advocate of a united Europe is taking over the leadership of the European Forum Alpbach (EFA). / Picture: © EPP Group / Flickr Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)

Othmar Karas, an experienced European politician and avowed advocate of a united Europe, is taking over the leadership of the European Forum Alpbach (EFA). Karas, who was previously Vice-President of the European Parliament, succeeds Andreas Treichl, who has decisively realigned the Forum over the past four years. Under his leadership, the EFA will further expand and deepen its role as…