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. On Monday, January 10, 2022, the ACG hosted its first Kaffeepause of the year with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andreas Kluth. He discussed his outlook for 2022, as well as the current state of the pandemic in Germany and what it means for the new government.
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. On December 20, the ACG hosted the last kaffeepause of the year with ACG Young Leader alumnus Matthias Deiß, Deputy Director of ARD’s television studio in Berlin.
On December 17 the ACG held an online discussion about the new German government with the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Stefan Kornelius with a focus on possible new directions in policy as well as how the coalition may address important challenges facing the country.
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. On December 13, the ACG hosted a discussion on what to expect from the new government in Berlin with Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief European Correspondent for Politico.
Aimed to coincide with President Biden’s “Democracy Summit,” on December 10, the ACG hosted a discussion about the internal and external challenges to democracy in Europe, the United States, and around the world with Dr. Frances Brown, Co-Director and Senior Fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Ralf Fücks, Managing Director of the Center for Liberal Modernity in Berlin. This discussion was supported by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.