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Yohanan Plesner

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MK (Frm.), Senior Research Fellow, INSS
Jerusalem, Israel
Speaker at the Political Lab’s “Imagine Israel Germany in 2025 – what do the bilateral and societal relations look like?“ panel

The expert on Israeli-European relations is a predestined speaker on the „Imagine Israel Germany in 2025 – what do the bilateral and societal relations look like?” panel. The former member of the Knesset and Secretary General of the Kadima party founded the “European Forum of the Knesset”. This parliamentary group focuses on bettering the relationship between the Knesset and the European Parliament. Plesner was also chairman of the Knesset group promoting relations between Israel and Europe and acted as Israel’s permanent representative at the Council of Europe. Since his time as member of the Knesset Forum for International Relations and Committee for Foreign Relations and Defense, he has continually occupied himself with themes surrounding cooperation and exchanges.