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149. Geburtstag von Konrad Adenauer

Auf den Spuren von Konrad Adenauer ins neue Jahr

Über 400 Gäste begrüßten die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und die Stiftung Bundeskanzler Adenauer Haus zu ihrem traditionellen Jahresauftakt auf dem Petersberg.

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Wieder eine neue Regierung in Frankreich IMAGO / IP3press
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Another new government in France: renewal through continuity?

Prime Minister François Bayrou presented the fourth French government of the year on December 23, 2024. Criticism centers on the lack of renewal and political stagnation.

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Glimpses of light into contemporary history

Iris Wolff is honoured with the Literature Prize 2025 for her moving novels on the European culture of remembrance.

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AI is revolutionising the election campaign

AI and Elections: New dynamics of digital democracy in Germany

Opportunities and risks for our democratic order through AI in the super election year 2024.

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Economic expert Christoph M. Schmidt will be KAS Fellow for 2025

The President of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen and former Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts will support our work for one year.

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Wieder eine neue Regierung in Frankreich IMAGO / IP3press

Another new government in France: renewal through continuity?

On 23rd December 2024 the Prime Minister François Bayrou presented his government. After the Borne, Attal and Barnier governments, it was the fourth government in France in 2024.

  • Anja Czymmeck, Max Willem Fricke, Marine Vadelorge

  • January 6, 2025

  • Country reports

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„Lebendige Erinnerung an Konrad Adenauer“

  • Johannes Christian Koecke

  • January 5, 2025

  • Event reports

Policy Atlas Wohnen

Policy Atlas ‘Renting, Buying, Living’

An overview of key housing policy measures

  • December 18, 2024

  • Single title

Internationale Talente für den Mittelstand panthermedia

International talent for the German middle class

Measures to improve skilled immigration

  • Caroline Schmidt

  • December 18, 2024

  • Facts and Findings

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Economic expert Christoph M. Schmidt becomes a new Fellow of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

The former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts provides the foundation with impetus for its work in times of economic transformation

  • Dr. Jochen Blind

  • December 17, 2024

  • Press Releases

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AI and Elections: New dynamics of digital democracy in Germany

Opportunities and risks for our democratic order through AI in the super election year 2024

  • Dr. Katja Muñoz, Emma Laumann

  • December 17, 2024

  • Single title

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Research nation China

Partner, competitor and systemic rival

  • Michael Laha

  • December 17, 2024

  • Single title

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Government Formation in Lithuania

New Leadership Under Challenging Circumstances

  • Oliver Morwinsky, Fausta Šimaitytė, Robert Kimmerling

  • December 16, 2024

  • Country reports

On 19 June 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa was ceremonially sworn in for a second term of office in Pretoria. IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

South Africa's new government of national unity: progress or stagnation for the country?

An analysis of the first coalition in South Africa in almost thirty years

  • Gregor Jaecke, Dr. Christoph Wiedenroth

  • December 16, 2024

  • Country reports

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou IMAGO / ABACAPRESS

France has a new Prime Minister

Political instability despite new appointment

  • Anja Czymmeck, Max Fricke, Nele Katharina Wissmann

  • December 13, 2024

  • Country reports

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New Year's greetings from the ‘AI-Adenauer’

A new year full of opportunities and challenges!

Let us show solidarity, stand up for each other and for peace, freedom and justice.

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Our AI-Adenauer wishes you Merry Christmas & God's blessing!

Christmas is the time to celebrate the birth of Christ - a celebration of hope and love

Christmas is a time to pause and reflect on the values that characterise our life together: Responsibility, solidarity and altruism.

Neue Ausgabe „Auslandsinfo. Spotlight“

East-West conflict 2.0? Historian Andreas Rödder on the new world order

Historiker Prof. Andreas Rödder erklärt, warum die Weltordnung nach dem Kalten Krieg zerfällt und welche Rolle wertebasierte Realpolitik in der neuen geopolitischen Lage spielt.

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Epochal change in the Middle East? On the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

For decades, the Assad regime determined Syria's fate - and in the end it collapsed within days. How great is the risk that things will not change for the better?

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Faltering democracy? South Korea's crisis and its consequences

The South Korean president declares martial law and the military invades the parliament building. But what is behind the political turmoil in South Korea?

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Main topics of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

The leitmotif of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation "Shaping.Democracy.Together." is supported by a thematic focus. With the three main topics Sustainability needs Innovation, Freedom needs Security and Democracy needs Participation, it is made clear which topics the Konrad Adenauer Foundation will focus on in the coming years.

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Russian war of aggression on Ukraine

On our theme page you will find all publications, interviews and events on this topic, which are continuously updated and extended.

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"In Südkorea braucht es eine politische Lösung"

Der Leiter unseres Büros in Seoul Thomas Yoshimura analysiert im WDR 5 Morgenecho die „sehr emotional aufgeladene politische Auseinandersetzung“ um den suspendierten Präsidenten Yoon Suk Yeol, der sich mit Hilfe des präsidialen Sicherheitsdienstes seiner Verhaftung durch die Polizei entzogen hat.

January 7, 2025

In the press

"Merz und Adenauer: In der Tradition des ‚Alten aus Rhöndorf‘"

Die Rheinische Post berichtet über die Festrede von Friedrich Merz zum 149. Geburtstag von Konrad Adenauer auf dem Petersberg bei Bonn.

January 7, 2025

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"Friedrich Merz wird grundsätzlich"

Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung berichtet über die Festrede von Friedrich Merz zum 149. Geburtstag von Konrad Adenauer auf dem Petersberg bei Bonn.

January 7, 2025

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"Auftakt mit Adenauer"

Die Süddeutsche Zeitung berichtet über die Festrede von Friedrich Merz zum 149. Geburtstag von Konrad Adenauer auf dem Petersberg bei Bonn.

January 7, 2025

In the press

"Je tiefer die Kabel liegen, desto geringer das Schädigungspotential"

Unser Experte für Cybersicherheit, Ferdinand Gehringer, hat mit dem Branchenmagazin t3n über den besseren Schutz von Tiefseekabeln gesprochen. Die Meldungen über erneut beschädigte Unterseekabel in der Ostsee machen deutlich, dass kritische Infrastruktur besser gegen Angriffe gesichert werden muss.

December 30, 2024

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Wachstumsaussichten 2025 und der Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland

Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture 2025 mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest und in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik sowie mit der Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung

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26

2025

„Stauffenberg: Mein Großvater war kein Attentäter“

Veranstaltung im Rahmen des internationalen Gedenktages für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus

Jan

28

2025

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Alternative Fakten?

Wahrheitsansprüche in postfaktischen Zeiten

Jan

28

2025

Erfurt

"Sei a Mensch!" Podiumsdiskussion mit Keynote von Halina Hildebrand

Im Rahmen des DenkTags der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

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Jewish Life and the Fight Against anti-Semitism

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Lars Zimmermann is the KAS Fellow 2024

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