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 SpiegelMelanie 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...
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...
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...
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...
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.Matthias Deiß is the...