Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, May 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with opinion writer for Der Tagesspiegel Malte Lehming, who will discuss the state election in North Rhine Westphalia and other political developments...

Power-Politics in the Governing Coalition: Do State Elections Matter?

In March, the Social Democrats were able to win by a wide margin in state elections in the Saarland, a small state on the border of France and Luxembourg. Earlier this month, voters in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein gave the Christian Democrats an election victory. The Greens also did well – but the Free...

Can the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Succeed?

Nearly 12 months since it was created, on May 15 and 16 the co-chairs of the U.S.-EU Technology and Trade Council (TTC) are meeting for the second time in Paris, France. The first meeting took place in Pittsburgh, PA last September – and the stated objective was to align U.S. and European approaches to key...