Welcome to the Kangaroo Group
The Kangaroo Group is an association with the goal to enhance European Unity around the pursuit of concrete common projects. Its main goals are the full implementation of the Internal Market, the Stability of the Euro and a common Security and Defence Policy. The association started in 1979 as an informal gathering of Members of the European Institutions from different countries and political affiliations interested in breaking down the barriers between the Member States. The Kangaroo was chosen for the name of the group due to its ability to take big jumps over any boundaries although it only has a small pouch.
Today the Kangaroo Group is an association incorporated under Belgian law as a nonprofit organisation (aisbl). It has been entered into the Transparency Register of the European Union as a Think Tank. It is open to Representatives of the European Institutions, Academia, Media and the Business Community who are interested to foster these goals. It is not an Intergroup of the European Parliament. The motto of the Kangaroo Group is free movement and security. We choose our projects in consideration of the principle of subsidiarity.
Next Events
Virtual Debate
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 12.30 to 13.30 hrs
“Corporate Responsibility and Environment: How new Due Dilligence Rules will impact Business”
The EU is proposing Due Diligence rules via Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and EU Deforestation proposals to ensure that both the private and public sectors, acts on protecting the environment. The aim is to ensure that only deforestation-free products are allowed in the EU market and that companies contribute to protecting biodiversity and climate change mitigation rules while fostering sustainable development, as well as international trade rules.
Welcome and Chair:
Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
Speakers:
Lara WOLTERS MEP, S&D/Germany, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Lucrezia BUSA, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Reynders
Moritz BERNHOERSTER, Senior Director, Sustainability Global Strategic Sourcing, Herbalife Nutrition
(other Speakers to be confirmed)
This debate will be conducted via Zoom and hosted by the Kangaroo Group Kangaroo Group FREE MOVEMENT AND SECURITY
Wednesday, 6 July 2022 at 13.15 hrs
S T R A S B O U R G L U N C H D E B A T E
“Green Energy Transition in the Maritime Sector”
Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
Speakers:
Rasmus ANDRESEN MEP, Group of the Greens-European Free Alliance/Germany,
Member of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and
Monetary Affairs
Charles (Bud) DARR, Executive Vice-President, Government Affairs and Maritime
Policy, MSC Group
Other Speakers to be confirmed
The Kangaroo Group aisbl
Rue Wiertz 11
B-1050 BRUSSELS
tel: 0032 2 280 60 95
fax: 0032 2 280 07 84
email: office@kangaroogroup.eu
internet: www.kangaroogroup.eu