The ACG will hold a Breakfast Briefing in Chicago with two members of the German Bundestag, Metin Hakverdi (SPD) and Thomas Silberhorn (CDU/CSU). The event will take place from 8:00am-9:30am (CDT) at The Chicago Club.Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in...
A Conversation with the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia Bodo Ramelow Next month, state elections will be held in the three eastern German states of Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia. Coming off of the European parliamentary elections in early June, when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won most of the votes in all...
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Tuesday, September 3 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York TimesSteven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times, a position he assumed...
On Sunday, voters will take to the polls in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia. Later in the month, elections will be held in Brandenburg. These three state elections in eastern Germany are being watched closely at home and abroad. They will serve as a bellwether for the current government in Berlin one...
Two months before Election Day, both parties offer competing visions to U.S. voters, and the American public receives and perceives these messages differently. At this critical time, it is essential to explore the core values and issues that define what it means to be a Democrat or Republican in today’s political climate. On September 5, the ACG...