„I live the EU,“ says 58-year-old elected Hanseatic Thorsten Augustin freely. Providing information about current EU policies, legislative procedures and European policy developments at an early stage is the focus of Thorsten Augustin’s tasks. The lawyer heads the Hanse Office for Schleswig-Holstein, a joint representation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the State of Schleswig-Holstein in the European Union. His team tries to present the diversity of the two domestic locations through events, meetings and cultural happenings in Brussels.