THOMAS JANSEN studied at the universities of Bonn and Munich, before lecturing in Political Science at the University of Mainz. He was assistant to Walter Hallstein and adviser on European policy of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, 1970-71, and then personal adviser to the chairman, Rainer Barzel MP, 1971-75. He became Deputy Secretary general and Secretary general of the European federalist movement from 1975-80. He further advanced the course of European integration in roles including the Editor-in-Chief of Dokumente. Zeitschrift fur den deutsch-franzosischen Dialog 1978-81, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Rome, 1981-83, and at the same time Honorary Secretary-general of the International European Movement. He was Secretary-general of the European People's Party (EPP) and of the European Union of Christian Democrats (EUCD), 1983-94; since 1995 he has been a Member of the Forward Studies Unit of the European Commission. He has published several books and numerous essays and articles on the problems of international relations and European unification.