The ACG and the Hanns Seidel Foundation will host a breakfast briefing with Stephan Mayer, Member of the German Bundestag (CSU), and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Interior (2018-2021), on “The Next Frontier of Security: Managing Migration in a Changing World”. Please email events@acgusa.org for more information. Stephan Mayer has been a Member of...
The American Council on Germany (ACG), the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), and the German Studies Association (GSA) are launching a new virtual series, Meet a Bundestag Member: German Politics Today. The series offers students of German language and culture the chance to engage directly with members of the German Bundestag on timely political issues while practicing their...
The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Berlin on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday, November 24, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming, Columnist for Tagesspiegel.Malte Lehming works as a columnist for the Tagesspiegel. From late 2000 to 2005, he was the newspaper’s Washington Bureau Chief. He joined the Tagesspiegel in 1991 as...
The American Council on Germany will host luncheon and discussion with Anja Wehler-Schöck, International Editor at Der Tagesspiegel on “Chancellor Merz’s First 180 Days: Policy, Politics, and Public Perception”. Anja Wehler-Schöck joined the Editorial Board of Der Tagesspiegel as the International Editor in January 2025. She has been Head of International Politics at Der Tagesspiegel since August 2022. Prior to...
Efforts to end the war in Ukraine have gained new momentum in recent days, spurred by several newly developed peace proposals circulating among key international stakeholders. As battlefield dynamics evolve and diplomatic channels cautiously reopen, policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic are reassessing what a viable settlement might look like – and what risks...