The German Election – A new Impetus for Europe?

Only a few more days before Germany will decide who will lead the country as chancellor for the upcoming four years. After the Dutch parliamentary and the French presidential election, this is considered to be the third crucial election within the European Union in this year. Although the campaign generally did not reach a high level of tension due to Angela Merkel’s lasting approval rate, the question of possible governing coalitions gains in importance. Does Germany head for another big coalition? If not, is there a chance for an alternative combination and what will be the different policy outcomes we can expect? What will the Greens’ position during coalition negotiations be? What will the results mean for Germany’s role within the EU? Does the next government take up the challenge of a German/French engine for Europe? How will the outcome impact the EU and European policy in the next years and what is at stake?

Date: Wednesday, 27 September 2017, 12:00 – 14:00, (light lunch 12:00 – 12:30)

Location: Hotel Leopold, Rue du Luxembourg 35, 1050 Brussels

Speaker: 

• Sudha David-Wilp, Deputy Director Berlin Office The German Marshall Fund of the United States, United States
•  Jan-Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, The Greens/EFA, Germany  
• Christian Odendahl, Chief Economist, Centre for European Reform, Germany  

Moderator: Klaus Linsenmeier, Director Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

No admittance without confirmed registration. E-Mail registration only. Please send the attached reply form to: Pia.Schupp@eu.boell.org.The working language is English.