Biography

Erik van der Kooij, director Feeling EUROPE FNDN is living and educated in the Netherlands and worked for decades in several professions and business at financial institutions, mainly in the sector control.

Changing moral values and norms round about the millenium, brought Erik in 2004 into touch with the Dutch government’s notion to bring this challenge to the notice of the public through the international conference ‘Europe, a Beautiful Idea?’, organized by the NEXUS Institute. Erik was also abled to participate the follow-up conference ‘The Sound of Europe’, organized in 2006 by the Austrian government. These experiences triggered to share European values and affairs through foundation and this website.

'Feeling EUROPE' contributes to better living conditions and human condition and acts as an independent observer, fosters and guides European values and affairs, takes position as nexus between citizens, institutions, Europe, her identity and everything that is related in wider sense, mainly concerning cultural, philosophical and political fields. But also economical and technical fields are subjects of attention. Furthermore, the desk delivers resonance, provides presentations and does research work.

2014	March	Letter to the President of the Russian Federation
2013	November August July April February January	Europe ahead through Germany? Humanity encountered: Some elements, effects and an appeal Exchanging views with Iran: Between idealism and realism Europe's perpetuele variables 'You, the nation state, Europe and the European Union' (flyer) On democracy in the EU, citizens involvement and US approach to connect local people to administration in order to have actions work
2012	November September May March January	Letter to President of the United States of America Route Europe (lecture) - Letter on Europe - 'The Twist' (national newspaper article) - Letter to Mr. A. Tsipras - Reminder Life in Europe (power point presentation) - Forms of government and communities (message to Hungarian politics) - Interview by The Hague Newspaper
2011	November October June May March	It touches BoP's and thus everybody There is a new reality coming, is that bad? (also on YouTube) Mental Relief can govern Financial Markets - Europe, just a view - The Next Opportunity to Make Headway (information and views on innovation) Economic governance: From Intentions to Results
2010	September August April February	- Manifest Destiny: Will WIF Kick off a Suitable Era? - Getting the Knack (Lisbon Treaty) Presumably rejection of a contribution to the ESF Euro for Europe and big profits elsewhere? A strong Europe of Results ´Out and in the Cave´
2009	December June March	Russia's return as superpower - Short cuts to Europe - Who starts next? - From Ice-Bound Banking Sector to Valid Financial Service Providers - Unity Produces Strength: Keep Europe out of Disintegration
2008	September June February January	People, Politics and the 14-days Caucasus war - Can relationship be recovered? Ever took along with Zeus: EUROPA Europa, an alliance of nation states where the world could not round about and that is measured up to developments Priorities Slovenian EU-Presidency
2007	November	Public opinion resonance about the Treaty of Lisbon, implementing the institutional innovations
2006	December November	The Constitutional Treaty Enlargement
2005	November	Prosperity and Society