Ref. Ares(2021)4646305 Ref. Ares(2021)4190335         - 19/07/2021 - 28/06/2021 FromJ Sent: mardi 8 octobre 2019 12:55 Cc:   EAC LEGAL TEAM Subject:    FW: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ - Desiderius-Erasmus- Foundation Attachments:      FW: Erasmus hijacking planned I have not heard about new discussions on this issue recently. Are you aware of any news? Any info to be given to Thanks Subject: RE: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ - Desiderius-Erasmus-Foundation Dear As you can see below, the question on the name of the AfD Foundation in Germany is coming back again, (see request below from WDR/NDR). 01 has asked us to react. told me that you and your legal team were involved in this issue. The journalists state that insiders from the foundation said that they had legal dispute with the Commission on the name. In the unit and Directorate, nobody has heard about this. Are you aware of any new development here? Thanks Subject: RE: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ - Desiderius-Erasmus-Foundation Dear This has been dealt with and analysed by the legal team in R1. As you are writing, their conclusion was am not aware of anything new since then.

Subject: FW: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ - Desiderius-Erasmus-Foundation Dear colleagues, We are trying to find out if there is anything new on the issue of the name of the new foundation of the German right-wing party AfD ("Desiderius-Erasmus-Stiftung"). It comes up again, and journalists state that insiders from the foundation said that they had legal dispute with the Commission on the name. In the unit, nobody has heard about this. Are you aware of anything? Thanks ---- Original Message----- From: EAC PRESS 01 <EAC-PRESS-0l@ec.europa.eu> Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 5:31 PM To: Cc: EAC UNITE B4 <EAC-UNITE-B4@ec.europa.eu>; EAC PRESS 01 <EAC-PRESS- 0l@ec.europa.eu> Subject: FW: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ Dear Are you aware of the issue raised in the press query below? If yes, could you let us know the state of play? Manv thanks From:                   (COMM) Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:56 PM To: EAC PRESS 01 <EAC-PRESS-01@ec.europa.eu> Subject: FW: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ Is this for us? ---- Original Message----- From:                  (COMM-BONN)| Sent: Monday,_October 7, 2019 4:5^PM (COMM) (COMM-BERLIN)

(COMM-BERLIN)                                               (COMM-BONN) Subject: FW: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ Lieber ( A WDR investigative journalist would like to know whether it is true (and if yes, state-of-play) that there is a lawsuit or legal dispute with the Commission on the name of "Desiderius Erasmus Foundation" that the right wing German party AFD ("Alternative for Germany") gave to its party foundation, the Commission claiming that this collides with its Erasmus programme. Can you help in that matter? Pressereierentin Europäische Kommission Regionalvertretung in Bonn Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz 2-4 53111 Bonn http://bonn.eu-kommission.de Folgen Sie uns auf Twitter! Haftungsausschluss : Die Europäische Kommission verpflichtet sich zum Schutz personenbezogener Daten. Die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten erfolgt auf der Grundlage der Verordnung (EC) 2018/Nr. 1725. Das gilt auch für alle persönlichen Angaben, die von der Vertretung der Europäischen Kommission in Deutschland verarbeitet werden. The information contained in this mail can only be used as background information and may not be quoted in my name. > ---- Original Message- > From: > Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 11:45 AM > To:                      (COMM-BERLIN) > > Subject: Anfrage WDR/NDR Investigativ >

> Sehr geehrter > als Journalistin im Investigativressort des Westdeutschen Rundfunks recherchiere ich gemeinsam mit NDR und SZ zu verschiedenen Themenbereichen rund um die Partei AfD. Wir haben uns immer wieder in unserer Berichterstattung mit deren parteinaher Desiderius-Erasmus- Stiftung beschäftigt. Insider aus der Stiftung berichteten uns jetzt, dass es einen Rechtsstreit mit der EU-Kommission hinsichtlich der Nutzung des Namens gebe und einer Kollision mit dem Erasmus-Programm der EU-KOM. > Sollte dies tatsächlich so sein, wäre ich an weiteren Informationen zum Stand der rechtlichen Auseinandersetzung interessiert. > > Ich freue mich, von Ihnen oder Kolleg*Innen diesbezüglich zu hören. > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > WDR Investigativ > Recherchekooperation WDR, NDR, SZ > Schiffbauerdamm 40 > 10117 Berlin > > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet