• Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    Virtual Discussions

    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...

  • Different Times, Different Rules? Germany’s Constitutional Court and the Budget Crisis

    Virtual Discussions

    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...

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    Virtual Discussions

    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...