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SUMMARY:Charlotte: Political Stability in Changing Societies: The German Case from an International Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter\, Hanns Seidel Stiftung\, and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte will host a breakfast briefing with Oliver Jörg\, Secretary General of the Hanns Seidel Stiftung.  \nThere will be no charge to attend\, however you must register to attend. RSVP here by March 2. \nOliver Jörg is the Secretary General of the Hanns Seidel Stiftung. Before being appointed to his current posiiton in \n2019\, he spent 10 years as a member of the Bavarian State Parliament. During this time\, he served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Higher Education\, Research\, and Culture. In addition\, he chaired the working group Active Civil Society / Voluntary Work of the CSU Parliamentary Group. Mr. Jörg had a lasting influence on the Bavarian science and research landscape\, particularly in decentralizing higher education and strengthening the cooperation between universities of applied sciences and the private sector. While in Parliament\, he was particularly focused on the social development of Bavaria regarding its civil society\, culture and the preservation of monuments. \nMr. Jörg studied law at the Universities of Passau\, Würzburg\, and Linz (Austria). He was admitted to the German Bar in 2004 and practiced as a lawyer full time for four years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/charlotte-political-stability-in-changing-societies-the-german-case-from-an-international-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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SUMMARY:Dallas: Germany\, Europe\, and the United States: Economic Development and Challenges in a World of Political Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Dallas Warburg Chapter will host a Breakfast Briefing with Dr. Johannes Beermann\, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank.  \nThis event is invitation only. \nDr. Johannes Beermann has been a Member of the Executive Board of the German Bundesbank currently responsible for cash management\, administration\, construction management\, controlling\, accounting and organisation\, and the procurement center since January 2015. Prior to that\, from September 2009 to November 2014\, he was Minister of the State and Chief of the State Chancellery of the Free State of Saxony. From June 2008 to September 2009\, he was Chief of the State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs of the Free State of Saxony. Dr. Beermann served as Secretary of State for Federal and European Affairs at the Hessian State Chancellery and Commissioner (Bevollmächtigter) of the State of Hesse to the Federation from 1999 to 2003 and as State Councillor to the Senator of Finance of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen from 1995 to 1999. Before that\, he held miscellaneous functions in the public sector. He holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Münster and has spent time as an associate partner of a law firm and a practicing lawyer when not in the public sector\, especially between 2003 and 2008.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dallas-germany-europe-and-the-united-states-economic-development-and-challenges-in-a-world-of-political-uncertainty/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T120000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Future of the CDU and the Evolving Political Landscape in Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2018\, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced she would not run for reelection in 2021. This set the stage for the selection of a new Chairperson of the CDU. In a contested race between three candidates\, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as party Chair in December of 2018 and presumptive candidate for Chancellor. However\, last month she decided to step down as party Chair\, reopening the question of who will become the successor to Merkel.  \n Join us for a Hot Topics Call on Wednesday\, March 11 at 11:00am (EST) with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger\, Foreign Editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, who will discuss the future of the CDU and the evolving political landscape in Germany. \nKlaus-Dieter Frankenberger is Foreign Editor at the FAZ\, where he writes about international politics. Before joining the newspaper’s editorial staff in 1986\, Mr. Frankenberger gained deep insight into the U.S. political decision-making process when he worked as an assistant to a U.S. member of Congress. He was a Bosch Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington\, DC\, in 2011 and a Marshall Fellow at Harvard University in 1990. He serves on the Board of various institutions dealing with foreign and defense policy issues. Mr. Frankenberger holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science\, Economics\, and American Studies from Frankfurt University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-future-of-the-cdu-and-the-evolving-political-landscape-in-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200313T100000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: How New Social and Economic Cleavages are Shaping German Politics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the drop in support of the center-right and center-left Volksparteien (catch-all parties) it seems as though Germany’s political middle is hollowing out. Different forces and trends are at play. Join us for a Hot Topics Call on Friday\, March 13\, at 10:00 am (EST) with Thomas Krüger\, Director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education\, who will discuss how new social and economic cleavages are shaping German politics.  \nTo register for this call\, please click here. \nThomas Krüger has been Director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education since 2000\, President of the Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk since 1995\, and Second Deputy Chairman of the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) since 2012. His career began in 1976 in the then-German Democratic Republic (GDR) with an apprenticeship as a plastics processing worker. Mr. Krüger studied theology in Berlin and Eisenach before becoming a pastor. He started his political career in 1989 as one of the founding members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the GDR and served as the party’s Secretary and as a member of the East German Parliament until 1990. Mr. Krüger was then appointed the first Acting Representative of the Lord Mayor of East Berlin in addition to his function as a City Council member for internal affairs in the joint Berlin city and state government between 1990 and 1991. From 1990 to 1992\, he was Deputy State Chairman of the Berlin SPD for the entire city. From 1991 to 1994\, Mr. Krüger also served as Senator for Youth and Family in Berlin\, after which he was elected to the German Bundestag for four years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-how-new-social-and-economic-cleavages-are-shaping-german-politics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T100000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Economic Implications of the Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn late February\, William Boston and Tom Fairless published the attached article in the Wall Street Journal. The article focuses on the economic implications of the spread of the coronavirus on the German economy. Since then\, markets have dropped\, borders have closed\, and factories have suspended production. Just days ago\, Volkswagen\, the world’s biggest car maker by sales\, announced it will temporarily shut down most of its European and German plants in the face of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 24\, at 10 am ET for a Hot Topics Call with William Boston\, Senior Reporter for the Wall Street Journal. He will provide an update on the economic implications of the coronavirus. \nTo register for the call\, please click here. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-economic-implications-of-the-coronavirus/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T120000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Spread and Management of Coronavirus in Europe and Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe spread of COVID-19 has been stealing news headlines for weeks – if not months. With over 300\,000 confirmed cases worldwide\, it is still to hard to tell how many people will contract the virus. Although Italy is one of the hardest hit countries\, Germany’s rate of infection remains relatively low. \n\n\nJoin us for a Hot Topics Call on Thursday\, March 26\, at 11:00 am (ET) with German journalist Martina Merten (and 2013 ACG Kellen Fellow) who will discuss the impact of the coronavirus in Asia and Europe. \n\n\nTo register for this call\, please click here. \n\n\nMartina Merten has been working as an international consultant and journalist focusing on healthcare in developing countries and emerging nations since 2004. She also teaches courses on global health and comparative healthcare systems at various national and international universities. \nFrom 2005 until 2009\, she was with the German Medical Journal – the largest specialized medical journal in Germany – as an editor for social and health policy in Berlin. She still publishes for trade and consumer publications\, including the British Medical Journal\, the German Medical Journal\, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. In 2013\, she was awarded an Anna-Marie and Stephen Kellen Fellowship by the ACG to conduct research on the U.S. healthcare system. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-spread-and-management-of-coronavirus-in-europe-and-asia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T100000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: How Germany Is Combatting Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nMore than 160 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*: \n\nChina 81\,591 (+0.04%)\nItaly 69\,176 (+8.21%)\nUS 55\,225 (+18.89%)\nSpain 42\,058 (+19.44%)\nGermany 32\,991 (+13.54%)\nIran 24\,811 (+7.64%)\nFrance 22\,635 (+12.38%)\nSwitzerland 9\,877  (+12.30%)\nSouth Korea 9\,137 (+1.11%)\nUK 8\,164 (+21.38%)\n\nSource: Johns Hopkins University \n*Percentages change over 24 hours \nDespite the number of cases in Germany\, only 0.4 percent of those have been tested have died from COVID-19. According to infectious disease experts\, the reason for the low death rate is Germany’s work in the early days of the outbreak to track\, test\, and contain infection clusters. That means Germany has a truer picture of the size of its outbreak than places that test only the obviously symptomatic\, most seriously ill or highest-risk patients. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 31\, at 10 am ET for a Hot Topics Call with NPR’s Rob Schmitz to learn more about the measures Germany has introduced to combat the spread of the coronavirus. \nTo register for this call\, please click here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-how-germany-is-combatting-coronavirus/
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