Germany’s New Government: A View from the Opposition

With a new government coming up to speed in Berlin, there is no shortage of domestic policy issues on the agenda. From energy and the environment to public health and Covid response and from infrastructure and digitalization to fiscal policy, there is a lot to do. But, what is the view from the opposition?

Join the American Council on Germany and the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung for a virtual discussion with Markus Blume, Secretary General of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union.

Markus Blume has been a Member of the Bavarian State Parliament since 2008 and the Secretary General of the Christian Social Union (CSU) since 2018. He has also served as the Chairman of the CSU Economic Commission since 2011 and was the editor-in-chief of the new CSU party platform which was presented in 2016. Mr. Blume first studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, and then political science at the Bavaria School of Public Policy Munich.