On September 26, Germans took to the polls in a historic election. Voters who have never known a Chancellor other than Angela Merkel voted for the first time. Change and continuity are both on the agenda and four political factions – the Social Democrats, Christian Democrats, Greens, and Free Democrats – are jockeying to form...
The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter, German Consulate General in New York, and German American Chambers of Commerce Philadelphia will host a discussion with Markus Meckel, former Foreign Minister of the GDR and former Member of the German Bundestag (SPD), on “From the Peaceful Revolution to German Unification: Reflecting on 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall”...
The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter of the ACG and the Heinrich Boell Foundation will host a discussion and luncheon with Ralf Fücks, Managing Director of the Center for Liberal Modernity and Author of Defending Freedom: How We Can Win the Fight for an Open Society. Ralf Fücks is Managing Director of the Center for Liberal Modernity, a...
The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Marcus Böick, Professor of Contemporary History at Ruhr University Bochum, on "In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR." Dr. Marcus Böick teaches contemporary history at Ruhr University Bochum, where he studied history, political science, and...
The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Christopher Cermak, Journalist, former Editor at Handelsblatt Global. There will be no charge to attend. RSVP here by November 26. For questions, please contact Wyatt Berger at wberger@mmwr.com or 215-772-7239. Christopher Cermak is a journalist who has returned to the United States after more than six...
