SDG Webinar - Change of Tides? - Germany's 2021 Election Explained

Date: 11 October 2021 (Monday)
Time: 4pm (Kuala Lumpur) / 10am (Berlin)

Germany's 2021 Federal Election ended the 16-year dominance of centre-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), officially starting the post-Merkel era. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) which had been CDU/CSU junior partner in 8 years of Grand Coalition Government is now leading in the Bundestag (Parliament) with a small margin. Both SPD and CDU/CSU are now negotiating with two smaller parties, the pro-environment Green and the pro-market Free Democratic Party (FDP) to form the new government.  
 For this election, how do the tides change and what trends and endeavours explain such change? What were the strategy debates that led to the positioning of German parties- and what can we learn from this?

Invited Role Players Include:

• Mr Marc Saxer
  Head of Asia Department, FES Berlin
  Speaker
  
  
• H.E. Dr Peter Blomeyer,
  Ambassador of Germany to Malaysia 
  Respondent
  
  
• Prof. Wong Chin Huat
  Professor of Governance Studies, Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development
  Moderator
  

Registration:

• Zoom webinar registration here.