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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 Monday\, December 4 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Melanie Amann\, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Der Spiegel[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_u21pxbiXTSOoZLImjeZOfg” css=”.vc_custom_1701278898177{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Melanie Amann is a German journalist and lawyer. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the leading German weekly newspaper\, Der Spiegel\, and heads the publication’s Berlin office. She was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier\, Aix-Marseille III\, and at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-82/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T100000
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SUMMARY:Different Times\, Different Rules? Germany’s Constitutional Court and the Budget Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In mid-November\, Germany’s Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled against the Ampelkoalition’s efforts to get around the country’s “debt brake” to use “special funds” to finance its ambitious legislative agenda. At issue was a budgeting maneuver to move 60 billion euros of unused pandemic aid to a fund for Germany’s green transition. But the ruling raises questions about the government’s ability to access a total of €869 billion\, which is not included in the federal budget but in 29 different “special funds.” It also forced the government to freeze new spending and put approval of the 2024 budget on hold. \nIn 2009\, Germany introduced the Schuldenbremse – limiting the government’s structural budget deficit to 0.35% of gross domestic product – following the global financial crisis. However\, the government had to suspend the debt brake in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic\, which it is allowed to do in “exceptional emergencies.” On Tuesday\, Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged lawmakers to override Germany’s borrowing limits for a fourth consecutive year. \nJoin the ACG for a discussion about the foreign policy\, national security\, energy policy\, and domestic implications of Germany’s budget crisis with Bundestag member Metin Hakverdi (SPD) on Wednesday\, December 6.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5117014452940%2FWN_33x_GIGWSrKhstfD-Paiog” css=”.vc_custom_1701445377939{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Budget Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. Before being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. \nMr. Hakverdi attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was a distinguished visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in 2019 and a 2020 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies (CES).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/different-times-different-rules-germanys-constitutional-court-and-the-budget-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231212T110000
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SUMMARY:Dealing with Disinformation: Are Societies Defenseless Against Disinformation?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a complex and uncertain environment\, disinformation poses a real danger to our societies. Consumers of information can intentionally or unintentionally create news bubbles that shape how they see the world. Even when fact-checkers and journalists work to debunk false narratives and inform the public about the facts – there are a host of issues where information is manipulated. With the war in Ukraine\, open conflict in the Middle East\, concerns about climate change and public health\, and now a surge in antisemitism\, disinformation is thriving. But\, are we defenseless against disinformation? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York for the third installment of the virtual series titled “Dealing with Disinformation.” Award-winning New York Times journalist Tiffany Hsu and Correctiv Co-Founder and Publisher David Schraven will join us for an online event on Tuesday\, December 12\, at 11 am ET to discuss ways in which we can meet the challenges of disinformation.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9717016953774%2FWN_jo8Ayp87RCmCI4AqCD5lgA” css=”.vc_custom_1701695408841{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Tiffany Hsu is an award-winning reporter focusing on dis/misinformation for The New York Times. She previously covered media and marketing. Earlier in her career\, she covered the California economy at The Los Angeles Times. She has also covered retail\, restaurants\, and alternative energy. Ms. Hsu is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and holds an MBA and an MA in Journalism from Columbia University. \nDavid Schraven is a Co-Founder of Correctiv\, where he now leads the investigative newsroom as its publisher. Earlier in his career\, he wrote for well-known German media outlets\, such as the taz\, the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, the Welt-Group\, and the Blog Ruhrbarone\, where he was also a co-founder. When the Funke-Group was still the WAZ-Group\, he was responsible for the investigative department there. He has received multiple awards for his work.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dealing-with-disinformation-are-societies-defenseless-against-disinformation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T110000
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SUMMARY:Compounding Crises and their Collective Impact on Global Food Security
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Covid-19 pandemic was a major setback for the path toward eradicating world hunger. Now\, climate change\, water scarcity\, population growth\, and multiple conflicts around the globe\, such as the war in Ukraine and the Middle East\, are making it difficult for the global community to get back on track. Availability and access to nutritious food are in jeopardy. Although Africa remains the worst affected region\, many families in Europe and the United States struggle to afford a nutritious diet faced with high inflation and continued supply chain disruptions. \nOn December 13\, 1014 and the American Council on Germany will revisit the topic of food security in their virtual series Resilience & Adaptation 2.0. Join us for a discussion with Ambassador Ertharin Cousin\, CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future and former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program\, and Alexander Müller\, Managing Director of TMG Think Tank for Sustainability.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7017018114210%2FWN_RF5F0BVSQ42cZax2IDhIyA” css=”.vc_custom_1701811457387{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Ertharin Cousin currently serves as the CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future\, a nutrition impact investment fund; a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; a Bosch Academy\, Robert Weizsäcker Fellow; and as a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University\, Center on Food Security and Environment. \nFrom 2012 until 2017\, she led the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). As Executive Director\, Ambassador Cousin guided the 14\,000-member WFP team\, feeding more than 80 million people each year while she identified and championed longer-term\, more sustainable solutions for global food insecurity and hunger. \nIn 2009\, Ambassador Cousin was nominated and confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome. Prior to her global hunger work\, she helped lead the U.S. domestic fight to end hunger including service as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of America’s Second Harvest -now Feeding America. She is currently a member of the Bayer AG Supervisory Board\, the Mondelez International Board of Directors\, the Royal DSM Sustainability Board\, and a Trustee of the African agriculture thinktank Academia2063. \nShe is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago\, the University of Georgia Law School\, and the University of Chicago Executive Management Program-Finance for Non-Financial Executives. She has been listed numerous times on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List\, as the Fortune Most Powerful Woman in Food and Drink\, on Time’s 100 Most Influential People list\, and as one of the 500 Most Powerful People on the Planet by Foreign Policy magazine. \nAlexander Müller is the Founder and Managing Director of TMG – Think Tank for Sustainability in Berlin and Study Leader of “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood)” hosted by UN Environment. He is a Member of the German Council for Sustainability. \nPreviously\, he served as the Assistant-Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 2006 to 2013\, as a member of the UN Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC)\, and as chair of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN). In Germany\, he served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection\, Food\, and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005\, and as State Secretary in the Ministry of Youth\, Family Affairs\, and Health in the state of Hesse\, among others. \nMr. Müller received a diploma in sociology at the Philipps-University in Marburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/compounding-crises-and-their-collective-impact-on-global-food-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231218T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us for the 100th Kaffeepause – and last of the year – on Monday\, December 18\, at 9:00 am ET with ACG Young Leader alumnus Matthias Deiß\, Deputy Director of ARD’s television studio in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1017024230555%2FWN_1X99ddIqRTCPeid3EN6s6g” css=”.vc_custom_1702423106169{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Matthias Deiß is the Deputy Director of ARD’s Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin and deputy editor-in-chief of television. From 2018 to 2021\, he served as the editorial director for ARD’s political magazine Kontraste. Before this\, he worked from 2012 to 2017 as a TV correspondent with ARD. He studied communications and political science at the University of Munich and at the German School of Journalism in Munich. In 2008\, he participated in the ACG’s Young Leaders Conference.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-83/
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