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Germany’s role in Europe in the year of the general election
For the first time, Der Tagesspiegel, DIE ZEIT, Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche invited to a joint start of the year »Europe 2021« to discuss which homework we in Europe urgently need to tackle in the again challenging year 2021 – from strengthening democracy and digital sovereignty of the continent and a common European internal market until our climate protection goals are met in the year of the UN climate conference in Glasgow. All of this against the background of Brexit, a new opportunity for transatlantic relations under US President-elect Joe Biden, the further strengthening of China on the world stage and the general election in Germany. Thousands of viewers were there online when we discussed with leading decision-makers from business, science and politics how the European project can advance economically and socio-politically in 2021 and how it can maintain its position in the world.
The hashtag for the event is # Europe20XX.
The event was carried out by the Convent Society for Congresses and Event Management.
Programm
MEDIA
SPEAKERS
![Bruno le Maire](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Bruno_le_Maire-720x720.jpg)
![Heiko Maas](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Heiko_Maas-720x720.jpg)
![Peter Altmaier](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Peter_Altmaier-720x720.jpg)
![Christoph Amend](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/07/Christoph_Amend-720x720.jpg)
![Paul Auster](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/auster_paul-720x720.jpg)
![Beat Balzli](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Beat_Balzli.jpg)
![Helena Dalli](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Helena_Dalli.jpg)
![Angelika Gifford](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Angelika_Gifford.jpg)
![Ina Karabasz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/karabasz_ina.jpg)
![Markus Duesmann](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Markus_Duesmann-720x720.jpg)
![Marco Philippi](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Marco_Philippi-720x720.jpg)
![Shoshana Zuboff](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Shoshana_Zuboff.jpeg)
![Wolf-Henning Scheider](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/schneider_wolf_henning-720x720.jpg)
![Prof. Dr. Claudia Kempfert](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Claudia_Kempfert-720x720.jpg)
![Dr. Robert Mayr](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Robert_Mayr.jpg)
![Sebastian Matthes](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Sebastian_Matthes.jpg)
![Mathias Mueller von Blumencron](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Mathias_Mueller_von_Blumencron-720x720.jpg)
![Christian Rynning-Tonnesen](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Christian_Rynning-Tonnesen-720x720.jpg)
![Dr. Anna Sauerbrey](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Anna_Sauerbrey-1-720x720.jpg)
![Juliane Schäuble](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/12/Juliane_Schaeuble-720x720.jpg)
![Olaf Scholz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Olaf_Scholz-720x720.jpg)
![Dr. Daniela Schwarzer](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Daniela_Schwarzer-720x720.jpg)
![Pieter van der Does](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Pieter_van_der_Does.jpg)
![Christoph von Marschall](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Christoph_Marschall-720x720.jpg)
![Kyriakos Mitsotakis](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Kyriakos_Mitsotakis-720x720.jpg)
![Boris Herrmann](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Boris_Herrmann-720x720.jpg)
![Kristin Rau](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Kristin_Rau-720x720.jpg)
![Kathrin Witsch](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Kathrin_Witsch-720x720.jpg)
![Nadia Calviño](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Nadia_Calvino-720x720.jpg)
![David Nothacker](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/David_Nothacker.png)
![Nicole Bastian](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Nicole_Bastian-720x720.jpg)
![Annett Meiritz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Annett_Meiritz-720x720.jpg)
![Andreas Schierenbeck](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Andreas_Schierenbeck.jpg)
![Sasha Havlicek](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha_Havlicek.jpg)
![Katarina Barley](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Katarina_Barley-720x720.jpg)
![Asoka Woehrmann](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Asoka_Woehrmann-720x720.jpg)
![Han Steutel](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Han_Steutel-720x720.jpg)
![Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Monika_Schnitzer.jpg)
![Nikita Fahrenholz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Nikita_Fahrenholz.jpg)
![Claudia Oeking](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Claudia_Oeking-720x720.jpg)
![Luisa Neubauer](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/05/Luisa_Neubauer.jpg)
![Gita Gopinath](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Gita_Gopinath-720x720.jpg)
![Carlos Frischmuth](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Carlos_Frischmuth-720x720.jpg)
![Ileana Grabitz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Ileana_Grabitz.jpg)
![Dr. Ariane Reinhart](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Ariane_Reinhart-720x720.jpg)
![David Fahrenthold](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/David_Fahrenthold-720x720.jpg)
![Chantal Friebertshäuser](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Chantal_Friebertshaeuser-720x720.jpg)
![Sebastian Siemiatkowski](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Sebastian_Siemiatkowski.jpg)
![Mark Schieritz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/05/Mark_Schieritz.png)
![Dr. Uwe Jean Heuser](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/05/Design-ohne-Titel-1-580x580-1.webp)
![Dr. Gerd Mueller](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/08/Gerd_Mueller-1-720x720.jpg)
![Christian Sewing](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Christian_Sewing-720x720.jpg)
![Greta Thunberg](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Greta_Thunberg-720x720.png)
![Marc Brost](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/05/brost.png)
![Dr. Thomas_Enders](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Thomas_Enders-720x720.jpg)
![Lorenz Maroldt](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Lorenz_Maroldt-720x720.jpg)
![Rieke Haverts](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2024/03/Havertz-Rieke.jpg)
![Elisabeth Pongratz](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Elisabeth_Pongratz-720x720.jpg)
![Jens Spahn](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Jens_Spahn.jpg)
![Varinia Bernau](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Varinia_Bernau-720x720.jpg)
![Dr. Brigitte Knopf](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Brigitte_Knopf-720x720.jpg)
![Max Haerder](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/EU23_Sprecher_innen-720x720.png)
![Kristina Haverkamp](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Kristina_Haverkamp-720x720.jpg)
![Dr. Frank Appel](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Frank_Appel-720x720.jpg)
![Andrea Vannahme](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Andrea_Vannahme-720x720.jpg)
![Michael Zahn](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Michael_Zahn-720x720.jpg)
![Stefan Seidel](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Stefan_Seidel-720x720.jpg)
![Daniel Erk](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Daniel_Erk-720x720.jpg)
![Silke Wettach](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Silke_Wettach-720x720.jpg)
![Ralf Kleber](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Ralf_Kleber-720x720.jpg)
![Angelika Kambeck](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Angelika_Kambeck-720x720.jpg)
![Armin Schmidt](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Armin_Schmidt.png)
![Prof. Dr. Wibke Riekmann](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Wibke_Riekmann.jpg)
![Irene Binder](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Irene_Binder.jpg)
![Jan Pallokat](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Jan_Pallokat.jpg)
![Dietmar Ringel](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Dietmar_Ringel.jpg)
![Dorothee Bär](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Dorothee_Baer-720x720.jpg)
![Thomas Willemeit](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Thomas_Willemeit-720x720.jpg)
![Cawa Younosi](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Cawa_Younosi.jpg)
![John Kornblum](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/John_Kornblum-720x720.jpg)
![Tim Scharwath](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Tim_Scharwath.jpg)
![Nanda Bergstein](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Nanda_Bergstein-720x720.jpg)
![Grazia Vittadini](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Grazia_Vittadini-720x720.jpg)
![Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlueter](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Andreas_Schlueter-720x720.jpg)
![Prof. Dr. Elvira Rosert](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Elvira_Rosert.jpeg)
![Thomas Hanke](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Thomas_Hanke.jpg)
![Dr. Maximilian Mayer](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Maximilian_Mayer.jpg)
![Michael Diebold](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/01/Michael_Diebold-1-720x720.jpg)
![Carsten Schmiester](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Carsten_Schmiester.jpg)
![Iris Ploeger](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Iris_Ploeger-720x720.jpg)
![Andrea Beer](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Andrea_Beer.png)
![Katharina Menne](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2020/08/Katharina_Menne.jpg)
![Prof. Dr. Martina Löw](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Martina_Loew-720x720.jpg)
![Anita Bhatia](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Anita_Bhatia-720x720.jpg)
![Patricia Schlesinger](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Patricia_Schlesinger.jpg)
![Burkhard Jung](https://verlag.zeit.de/content/uploads/2021/02/Burkhard_Jung-720x720.jpg)
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