Trips 1975–1982
© Archiv der sozialen Demokratie, Bonn
Following his resignation as Federal Chancellor, the SPD chairman Willy Brandt is highly active for the most part in foreign policy. As President of the Socialist International (from 1976 on), as chairman of the North-South Commission (from 1977 on) and as a member of the European Parliament (from 1979 on), Brandt again notably increases his already high number of travels abroad. From 1975 to 1982, he makes more than 160 trips to 41 different countries.
In this time frame, Willy Brandt most often visits France which, beginning in the late 1970s, becomes his favourite vacation destination. Not to be forgotten are the many trips and appointments in the Federal Republic which Brandt undertakes as SPD chairman. These are not listed here.
1975
| 21–24 March 1975 | Mexico i. a. talks with President Echeverría in Mexico City |
| 24–29 März 1975 | USA i. a. discussions with President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger in Washington D.C. as well as speeches at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and to UN ambassadors in New York |
| 29 March–1 April 1975 | Caracas (Venezuela) Talks with President Pérez |
| 17/18 May 1975 | Wangenbourg (France) Private visit in Alsace |
| 23–26 May 1975 | Vienna (Austria) Discussions with Austria’s Federal Chancellor Kreisky and Sweden’s Prime Minister Palme |
| 20–24 June 1975 | Greece i. a. conversations with Prime Minister Karamanlis and with leftist opposition politicians in Athens and acceptance of an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens |
| 24/25 June 1975 | Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Talks with President Tito |
| 2–9 July 1975 | Soviet Union i. a. discussions with CPSU General Secretary Brezhnev in Moscow and visits to Leningrad, Novosibirsk (Siberia) and Samarkand (Uzbekistan) |
| 19 July 1975 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Talks with Prime Minister Thorn and other members of the government as well as meetings with the executive committee of the Luxembourg Socialists |
| 26 July– 28 August 1975 |
Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| in between: 2. August 1975 |
Stockholm (Sweden) Meeting of leading Western European social democrats and socialists on the establishment of the “Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with Democracy and Socialism in Portugal” |
| 4/5 September 1975 | London (Great Britain) Meeting of the “Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with Democracy and Socialism in Portugal” |
| 4/5 October 1975 | Stockholm (Sweden) Participation in the party convention of the Social Democratic Party of Sweden |
| 5/6 October 1975 | London (Great Britain) Speech on the subject of “Atlantic Partnership” at the annual assembly of the United Press International (UPI) |
| 26 December 1975– 8 January 1976 |
Bairbach (Austria) Holiday |
1976
| 18/19 January 1976 | Denmark Meeting of the bureau of the Confederation of Social Democratic Parties in the European Community (EC) in Helsingør and recordings in Copenhagen for Swedish television |
| 21/22 January 1976 | Vienna (Austria) Participation in a celebration by the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) on the occasion of Federal Chancellor Kreisky’s 65th birthday |
| 5/6 February 1976 | Brussels (Belgium) Participation at a congress of the European Movement |
| 27/28 February 1976 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) Talks with Prime Minister den Uyl and with politicians of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) (Labour Party) |
| 13–15 March 1976 | Porto (Portugal) Rally of the Socialist Party of Portugal and meeting of the Portugal Solidarity Committee |
| 12–14 April 1976 | Istanbul (Turkey) i. a. talks with Prime Minister Ecevit |
| 15–24 April 1976 | Malta Holiday and talks with Prime Minister Mintoff |
| 22–25 May 1976 | Caracas (Venezuela) Joint conference of social democratic parties from Europe and related parties from Latin America and the Caribbean area (“Alliance for Peace and Progress“) |
| 25–28 May 1976 | Mexico City (Mexico) i. a. conversations with President Echeverría and his designated successor, López Portillo |
| 22/23 June 1976 | Paris (France) Address at a meeting of UNESCO |
| 29 July– 16 August 1976 |
Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 31 October– 5 November 1976 |
Lisbon (Portugal) i. a. participation at a congress of the Socialist Party of Portugal and talks with the European party leaders Mitterrand, Kreisky, Palme, González and Soares; afterwards, private stay in Cascais near Estoril |
| 5/6 November 1976 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) Participation in a PvdA conference on “Security Issues in Europe“ |
| 25–28 November 1976 | Geneva (Switzerland) XIIIth congress of the Socialist Internationale (SI) |
| 4–7 December 1976 | Madrid (Spain) Attendance at the party convention of the Spanish Socialists (PSOE) and i. a. talks with King Juan Carlos |
| 25 December 1976– 8 January 1977 |
La Croix-Valmer (France) Holiday with the Harpprechts on the Côte d’Azur |
1977
| 29–31 January 1977 | Stockholm (Sweden) Participation in events honouring the 50th birthday of the Swedish social democrat Palme |
| 31 January– 1 February 1977 |
Copenhagen (Denmark) Discussions with Prime Minister Jørgensen and other party leaders of the Danish social democrats |
| 21–23 February 1977 | Jerusalem (Israel) Attendance at the party convention of the Israeli Labour Party with speech to the delegates |
| 7–12 March 1977 | USA i. a. talks with President Carter, Vice President Mondale and National Security Adviser Brzezinski in Washington D.C. and with World Bank President McNamara in New York, lectures in Boston and Princeton |
| 29–31 March 1977 | London (Great Britain) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) and discussions with Prime Minister Callaghan |
| 31 March–4 April 1977 | Paris (France) i. a. talks with the socialist politicians Mitterrand and Mendès-France as well as a private sojourn |
| 16/17 April 1977 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) Party leaders’ conference of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 10/11 May 1977 | Oslo (Norway) Attendance at the party convention of the Norwegian Workers’ Party (DNA) with speech to the delegates |
| 1–4 June 1977 | Rome (Italy) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 8/9 June 1977 | Zurich (Switzerland) Lecture to the Israelite Cultural Community on the subject of “Germany and the Near East“ |
| 27 June–1 July 1977 | Poland i. a. talks with the communist party and state leaders, especially with party chief Gierek in Warsaw and in Rybaki (Masuria) as well as visit to the former German concentration camp Stutthof near Danzig |
| 1–5 July 1977 | Helsinki (Finland) i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Sorsa and other leaders of the Finnish social democrats as well as a private stay on the island world near Helsinki |
| 13 July– 17 August 1977 |
Vangsåsen (Norway) Holiday in vacation house near Hamar |
| 29–31 August 1977 | Rotterdam (Netherlands) Participation with keynote address at the conference “Future Perspectives for Chile” |
| 25–28 September 1977 | USA Attendance at the annual meeting of World Bank and IMF and meeting with World Bank President McNamara in Washington D.C., numerous individual discussions with foreign ministers and ambassadors as well as with UN Secretary General Waldheim in New York about the founding of the North-South Commission |
| 14–16 October 1977 | Madrid (Spain) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 16–20 December 1977 | Japan Party leaders’ conference of the Socialist International (SI), discussions with the Japanese government in Tokyo, i. a. with Prime Minister Fukuda, and visit to Yokohama |
| 20–23 December 1977 | India i. a. talks with President Reddy, Prime Minister Desai, additional members of government and with ex-Prime Minister Gandhi in New Delhi as well as a visit to a village in the federal state of Uttar Pradesh |
| 24/25 December 1977 | Mauritius i. a. conversations with Prime Minister Ramgoolam in Port Louis |
| 26–28 December 1977 | Tanzania i. a. discussions with President Nyerere in Dar es Salaam and in his home village Butiama on Lake Victoria |
| 28 December 1977– 6 January 1978 |
Zambia i. a. talks with President Kaunda in Lusaka, meetings with leading representatives of the liberation movements from Rhodesia (ZAPU and ZANU), Namibia (SWAPO) and South Africa (ANC) and also a visit to Livingstone |
1978
| 22/23 February 1978 | Geneva (Switzerland) Talks with associates of the secretariat of the North-South Commission |
| 10–12 March 1978 | Mont Pèlerin (Switzerland) 2nd meeting of the North-South Commission |
| 21–30 March 1978 | Hungary i. a. discussions with the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Party, Kádár, visit to the Hungarian Parliament and speech at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest; afterwards holiday in Tihany on Lake Palatinus with visits in Esztergom and Szentendre |
| 25/26 April 1978 | Helsinki (Finland) Participation in a disarmament conference of the Socialist International (SI) with speech |
| 10–14 May 1978 | Dakar (Senegal) Talks with President Senghor and meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 14–18 May 1978 | Bamako (Mali) 3rd meeting of the North-South Commission and talks with President Traoré |
| 19–21 May 1978 | Algier (Algeria) i. a. discussions with President Boumedienne |
| 7/8 June 1978 | Sofia (Bulgaria) i. a. conversations with head of state and party, Zhivkov |
| 8/9 June 1978 | Bucarest (Romania) i. a. talks with head of state and party, Ceauçescu |
| 23/24 June 1978 | Brussels (Belgium) Conference of social democratic and socialist party leaders from Europe |
| 4/5 July 1978 | London (Great Britain) i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Callaghan, Austria’s Federal Chancellor Kreisky and commission members Heath and Ramphal about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 6 July 1978 | Dublin (Ireland) i. a. talks with President Hillery and Vice President Colley about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 6–8 July 1978 | Paris (France) i. a. discussions with the departing commission member Mendès-France, Mexico’s former President Echeverría and leading representatives of international organisations about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 8–10 July 1978 | Vienna (Austria) i. a. meeting of the four with the Austrian Federal Chancellor Kreisky, Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli opposition politician Peres about Middle-East issues as well as talks with leading representatives of international organisations about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 10–13 July 1978 | Rome (Italy) i. a. talks with President Pertini, Prime Minister Andreotti and Foreign Minister Forlani about the work of the North-South Commission as well as a private audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican |
| 13–16 July 1978 | France Discussions with Prime Minister Barre in Paris about the work of the North-South Commission; afterwards private stay in Colroy-la-Roche in Alsace |
| 16 July 1978 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Conversations with Prime Minister Thorn about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 17 July 1978 | Netherlands Talks in The Hague with Vice Prime Minister Wiegel and Foreign Minister van der Klaauw as well as in Amsterdam with commission member Pronk about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 17/18 July 1978 | Brussels (Belgium) i. a. discussions with Prime Minister Tindemans and Foreign Minister Simonet and also with the President of the EC Commission, Jenkins, about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 18/19 July 1978 | Copenhagen (Denmark) i. a. talks with Prime Minister Jørgensen and Minister Østergaard about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 22 July–12 August 1978 | Lens (Switzerland) Holiday in canton Valais |
| 25–28 August 1978 | Tarrytown (USA) 4th meeting of the North-South Commission |
| 6–8 September 1978 | Ljubljana (Yugoslavia) Talks with President Tito and leading members of government about the work of the North-South Commission |
| 27–29 September 1978 | Paris (France) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 29 September– 1 October 1978 |
Estoril (Portugal) Participation in a conference on “Processes of democratisation on the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America“ |
| 25–31 October 1978 | USA i. a. discussion with UN Secretary General Waldheim and ambassadors from all over the world and speech to the United Nations Association in New York; guest at the German Marshall Fund in Washington D.C. (afterwards cancellation of appointments due to illness) |
| 31 October– 6 November 1978 |
Vancouver (Canada) XIVth congress of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 29 December 1978– 10 February 1979 |
Hyères (France) Convalescence in a rehabilitation clinic |
1979
| 10–19 February 1979 | Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (France) Private stay on the Côte d’Azur |
| 19–28 February 1979 | Mont Pèlerin (Switzerland) i. a. 6th meeting of the North-South Commission |
| 1–3 April 1979 | Geneva (Switzerland) Talks with UN Secretary General Waldheim, with high-ranking representatives of international organisations and with associates of the secretariat of the North-South Commission |
| 4–17 April 1979 | France Holiday in the South of France |
| 26/27 April 1979 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Meeting of the top social democratic candidates for the European Parliament elections and meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 2 May 1979 | Turin (Italy) i. a. rally for the European Parliament elections with the socialist politician Craxi |
| 3–6 May 1979 | Annecy (France) 7th Meeting of the North-South Commission |
| 25 May 1979 | Paris (France) i. a. attendance at a rally of French socialists for the European Parliament elections |
| 28/29 June 1979 | Brussels (Belgium) Party leaders’ conference of the Confederation of Social Democratic Parties in the European Community (EC) |
| 4–9 July 1979 | Vienna (Austria) 8th meeting of the North-South Commission and also meeting of the three with Austria’s Federal Chancellor Kreisky and PLO chief Arafat |
| 10–13 July 1979 | Brioni (Yugoslavia) i. a. talks with President Tito; afterwards, private sojourn |
| 17–20 July 1979 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in the Constituent Session of the first directly elected European Parliament |
| 31 July– 3 September 1979 |
Veyrier-du-Lac (France) Holiday in the vicinity of Annecy |
| 5–9 October 1979 | Brussels (Belgium) 9th meeting of the North-South Commission |
| 30/31 October 1979 | Lisbon (Portugal) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 15 November 1979 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 15/16 November 1979 | Vienna (Austria) Attendance at a party convention of the SPÖ |
| 8–10 December 1979 | Kuwait City (Kuwait) together with members of the North-South Commission, i. a. discussions with several ministers about energy issues and an audience with Emir Sheikh Al-Sabah |
| 10–12 December 1979 | Riyadh (Saudi-Arabia) together with members of the North-South Commission, i. a. talks with several ministers about energy issues and dinner with Crown Prince Fahd in Riyadh |
| 14–17 December 1979 | Great Britain 10th meeting of the North-South Commission in Leeds Castle and afterwards press conference in London |
| 20 December 1979– 5 January 1980 |
Chamonix (Switzerland) Holiday (interrupted on 23 December 1979 by a trip to Bremen for the funeral of its former Mayor Kaisen) |
1980
| 14/15 January 1980 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 31 January 1980 | Brussels (Belgium) Participation in a discussion of the Political Committee of the European Parliament about Afghanistan |
| 9–15 February 1980 | USA Presentation of the report of the North-South Commission to UN Secretary General Waldheim in New York as well as to World Bank President McNamara and US President Carter in Washington D.C.; talks with members of Congress |
| 12–14 March 1980 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 23–25 March 1980 | New York (USA) i. a. meeting with UN Secretary General Waldheim |
| 25 March–7 April 1980 | Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) Participation in a regional conference of the Socialist International (SI) for Latin America and the Caribbean area (until 28 March 1980); afterwards, private stay |
| 16/17 April 1980 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 7/8 May 1980 | Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Participation at the funeral for deceased President Tito |
| 13–17 May 1980 | Netherlands Speech in Rotterdam on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the German Luftwaffe and participation in a meeting of the North-South Commission in The Hague |
| 27/28 May 1980 | Great Britain i. a. speech “North-South – a Challenge for the West” at St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford and a lecture on the subject of “Europe and East-West” in London |
| 11–13 June 1980 | Oslo (Norway) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) and discussions with Iran’s Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh |
| 19 June 1980 | Geneva (Switzerland) Speech at a conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) |
| 19/20 June 1980 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 23 June 1980 | Brussels (Belgium) Participation in a hearing of the European Parliament concerning the upcoming CSCE follow-up conference in Madrid |
| 26/27 June 1980 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Participation in a special session of the European Parliament |
| 4 July– 8 August 1980 |
France Holiday in Moliets-et-Maa on the Atlantic coast (5–30 July) and with the Harpprechts in La Croix-Valmer on the Côte d’Azur (1–6 August) |
| 15/16 September 1980 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament and speech on the subject of world hunger |
| 14/15 October 1980 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament and speech on the upcoming CSCE follow-up conference in Madrid |
| 16–25 October 1980 | Greece Talks with the Greek government in Athens and acceptance of the Golden Medallion of the city, afterwards private stay in Heraklion on the island of Crete |
| 27–29 October 1980 | Great Britain i. a. speech on North-South problems at the Milton Keynes City Forum in London as well as the Fawley Lecture with the title “The Future of Europe in a World of Upheaval“ at the University of Southampton and acceptance of an honorary doctorate |
| 12–16 November 1980 | Madrid (Spain) XVth Congress of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 4–8 December 1980 | Washington D.C. (USA) i. a. attendance at the conference “Eurosocialism and America” by the Institute for Democratic Socialism |
| 17/18 December 1980 | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 20 December 1980– 7 January 1981 |
Chamonix (Switzerland) Holiday |
1981
| 13/14 January 1981 | Copenhagen (Denmark) Lecture on “North/South – A Programme for Survival” at a conference of the Danish Metalworkers’ Association “Metal” |
| 18 February 1981 | Brussels (Belgium) i. a. participation in a colloquium of the Political Committee of the European Parliament and meeting with the Italian Christian democrat Rumor |
| 11/12 March 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 19/20 March 1981 | Paris (France) Speech at a conference on security and disarmament by the Confederation of Social Democratic Parties in the European Community (EC) |
| 7/8 April 1981 | Brussels (Belgium) Speech at an event of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the subject “North/South: Needs and Priorities in 1981” |
| 8/9 April 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 14–22 April 1981 | Yugoslavia Talks with the Yugoslavian government in Belgrade and subsequent holiday in Budva on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro |
| 28/29 April 1981 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) Party leaders’ conference of the Confederation of Social Democratic Parties of the European Community (EC) |
| 3–5 May 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 21 May 1981 | Paris (France) Honoured guest at the inauguration of President Mitterrand |
| 2/3 June 1981 | Killarney (Ireland) Participation in a conclave of the socialist fraction of the European Parliament |
| 25/26 June 1981 | Belgium i. a. lecture at the “Institut Royal des Relations Internationales” in Brussels and attendance at an event of the Social Democratic Party of Belgium in Antwerp |
| 29 June–2 July 1981 | Moscow (Soviet Union) Talks with CPSU General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko |
| 7/8 July 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament and speech on the necessity for reforms of the EC’s institutions |
| 30 July– 28 August 1981 |
France Holiday in Moëlan-sur-Mer (30 July–15 August), in Nogaro with the Harpprechts (21–24 August) and in the Département Haute Loire (25–28 August) |
| 11–13 September 1981 | Vienna (Austria) i. a. talks with Federal Chancellor Kreisky |
| 17/18 September 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 24/25 September 1981 | Paris (France) Convening of a meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) and talks with President Mitterrand |
| 3–5 October 1981 | USA Acceptance of the Gold Medallion of B’nai B’rith in New York and discussions with Secretary of State Haig in Washington D.C. |
| 15–18 October 1981 | Italy i. a. talks with the socialist politicians Craxi and Longo as well as participation in an event of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) on World Hunger Day in Rome, acceptance of an honorary doctorate from the University of Florence and lecture at a North-South conference in Florence for the region of Tuscany |
| 5 November 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a special session of the European Parliament |
| 11–13 November 1981 | Budapest (Hungary) i. a. speech at a conference of the “European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes” (EADI) and talks with the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Party, Kádár |
| 18 November 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament and speech on Europe’s role in the world |
| 15/16 December 1981 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament; thereby i. a. talks with Italian European Parliament representatives, the Christian democrat Rumor and the communists Berlinguer and Segre |
| 18–22 December 1981 | La Croix-Valmer (France) Private stay with the Harpprechts on the Côte d’Azur |
| 23 December 1981– 5 January 1982 |
Cypress Holiday in Limassol and talks i. a. with President Kyprianou in Nicosia |
1982
| 5–10 January 1982 | Kuwait City (Kuwait) Meeting of the North-South Commission and reception by Emir Sheikh Al-Sabah |
| 26/27 January 1982 | London (Great Britain) Speech to the British Friends of the Diaspora Museum and discussions with the North-South Commission members, Heath and Ramphal |
| 10/11 February 1982 | Brussels (Belgium) Participation in a plenary session of the socialist fraction of the European Parliament |
| 9/10 March 1982 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 25 March 1982 | Paris (France) i. a. talks with President Mitterrand |
| 11–13 May 1982 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 25–27 May 1982 | Helsinki (Finland) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 27 May–3 June 1982 | Norway Private Stay |
| 9–11 June 1982 | Great Britain Participation in a plenary session of the socialist fraction of the European Parliament in Bradford and talks with North-South Commission members, Heath and Ramphal, in London |
| 6–8 July 1982 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament and speech on the situation in Turkey |
| 13/14 July 1982 | Copenhagen (Denmark) Discussions on the Middle East conflict with party leaders of the Danish social democrats |
| 29 July– 13 August 1982 |
Lloret de Mar (Spain) Holiday |
| 21 September 1982 | Vienna (Austria) Participation in a conference of the Socialist International (SI) on economic policy an talks with Federal Chancellor Kreisky |
| 21–24 September 1982 | Brussels (Belgium) Meeting of the North-South Commission |
| 2–4 November 1982 | Basel (Switzerland) Meeting of the Bureau of the Socialist International (SI) |
| 15/16 November 1982 | Strasbourg (France) Participation in a plenary session of the European Parliament |
| 29 November– 1 December 1982 |
Leeds (Great Britain) i. a. acceptance of the honorary doctorate of the University of Leeds |
| 10–15 December 1982 | Ottawa (Canada) Meeting of the North-South Commission |