On October 14 at 12:00 noon, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion in Moscow, titled “Results of the German State Elections: A New Political Reality?”
In September, elections for regional parliaments took place in three German states. The “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) party secured a decisive victory in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In Berlin, the party finished third, trailing behind The Left and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
The AfD has gained the opportunity to lead a coalition majority. Leaders of the so-called “people’s parties”—the Social Democrats (SPD) and the CDU, both from the ruling coalition—have already acknowledged a historic defeat.
What do the election results signify? How will they impact the incumbent German Chancellor? What steps can the ruling coalition in Berlin take to prevent the “far-right” from coming to power? What are the prospects for a shift to the right in German politics? And is it possible to speak of the emergence of a new political identity in the East German states? Participants in the expert discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
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Working languages: Russian, English.
Information for the media: To register for the event, please fill out the form on our website. For any inquiries, contact press@valdaiclub.com or call +79269307763.
The discussion will be live-streamed across all Valdai Club platforms: the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen.
The Valdai Discussion Club was established in 2004. It is named after Lake Valdai, which is located close to Veliky Novgorod, where the Club’s first meeting took place.
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