The first “My Europe” Workshop took place on 15 & 16 February 2011 under the direction of the former German Defence Minister, Rudolf Scharping, and Nicola Beer, the State Secretary for European Affairs in the Hessian Ministry for Justice, Integration and Europe. Fifteen students from the Wöhler School in Frankfurt worked together with professional journalists of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, WirtschaftsWoche and Handelsblatt on articles on the political and economic future of Europe.