Fritz Groothues

Fritz Groothues was, until recently, Head of Strategy at the BBC World Service and is now a freelance writer and consultant. He was one of the initiators of the Radio E project, a joint initiative by Europes main international broadcasters to create a new European radio service using digital technology. He has also advised Lithuanian Radio and Television on a new public service strategy on behalf of the BBC World Service Trust.

Imagine: a European identity

Identity matters on an individual and group level, as it determines how we see ourselves in relation to others. Identity therefore shapes our behaviour and also the behaviour of others

By Fritz Groothues

/ 14 Mar 2002

No time for a meaner Europe

The ideas at the origins of the European Union after the war were anything but mean: the big Never Again gave birth to a project with a vision. Reconciliation, cooperation,

By Fritz Groothues

/ 27 Feb 2002