Nachrichten – Erasmus Stiftung

Political education

Border controls: „Free entry“ to the promised black, red and gold land

During the European Football Championship, Germany's external borders were systematically monitored for around five weeks. The result: thousands of illegal migrants, wanted criminals and violent offenders, as well as criminal smugglers, were caught by federal police officers. An impressive result that shows how effective close monitoring of our borders can be. „We were able to execute over 1,000 arrest warrants, identify over 100 politically motivated criminals, over 100 violent hooligans and a good 8,000 unauthorised entries,“ said police union representative Andreas Roßkopf, summing up the results.

18 July 2024

Current issues

Gender gaga in Hamburg: Fire brigade removes „EMERGENCY DOCTOR“ from ambulances

You can think whatever you want about gender issues. But the word NOTARZT (emergency doctor) is something like the Holy Grail on emergency vehicles. It serves to quickly convey the message that people need to make way because there is imminent danger! Someone is in such dire need that an ambulance had to be called. Everything must be done to ensure that the emergency ambulance is recognised as such. Not so in Hamburg. There, the professional fire brigade has now decided to stop using the shortest and most concise of all possible designations, „NOTARZT“. It is not gender-neutral!!! There are no known cases of a female emergency doctor refusing to do her duty because she feels discriminated against. Nor have there been any other complaints.

16 July 2024

online lecture

Direct democracy from the experience of a Swiss citizen

Date: Thursday, 18 July 2024

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Speaker: Claudio Zanetti

Citizens often feel marginalised by our representative democracy when it comes to important decisions. Can referendums help to increase acceptance for projects and government action? In Switzerland, referendums have been held at all political levels for centuries.

9 July 2024

Political education

The rearmament of the German Armed Forces is taking shape

The German Armed Forces need to become more effective. Everyone agrees on that. This requires more money, more personnel – and more and better equipment. There should also be consensus on this in the political discourse. But where to get it, if not by stealing? Since reunification, the German Armed Forces have been systematically cut back; some experts say they have been cut back to death. Federal budget funds were needed elsewhere, and the security situation in Europe had largely eased thanks to glasnost and perestroika.

5 July 2024

science

Artificial Intelligence 16 – Limitations of ChatGPT: A Guide for Users

In this instalment of our series of articles, we would like to give you a few practical tips for working with artificial intelligence. As with any technology, there are certain limitations to ChatGPT and other platforms that you need to be aware of and take into account. Today, we want to focus on these limitations and show you how you can navigate around them to ensure that your experience is as smooth and satisfying as possible.

27 June 2024

face-to-face lecture

In Kant's footsteps

„Have the courage to use your own understanding!“

Breisach am Rhein, Saturday, 6 July 2024, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

The lecture will consist of three parts. In the first part, Prof. Reinhard Hesse will attempt to outline briefly and in generally understandable terms what he considers to be the most important or groundbreaking aspects of Kant's philosophy, as well as the achievements and shortcomings he sees in it.

Secondly, he will report on his experiences on 23 April 2024 during his participation in the International Congress held at the Baltic Federal Immanuel Kant University of Kaliningrad to mark the 300th anniversary of Kant's birth.

Thirdly, he will show photos that he took in Königsberg during the congress. He will also be happy to answer any questions.

27 June 2024

newsletter

DES events in the second half of 2024

Dear members, trustees, friends and supporters of our foundation, despite the unlawful refusal of funding by the federal government, our foundation has prepared interesting events for the coming months.
This was only possible thanks to the financial help and support of many friends. I am very grateful for this.
You can register via the foundation's website at https://erasmus-stiftung.de/angebote/.

Incidentally, we are of course taking legal action against the new foundation law, which is clearly a law designed to prevent DES. Provided that our constitutional state is still functioning properly, we can only win.

25 June 2024

Current issues

„Meat is a piece of vitality“ – Is it still acceptable to say that?

This old advertising slogan was emblazoned on huge billboards across Germany in the 1970s. Today, this would no longer be permitted. At least not in Haarlem. The city in the Netherlands is the first city in the world to ban advertising for meat and meat products in public spaces from 2024. The Haarlem City Council decided to ban advertising for meat products in order to reduce meat consumption and thus combat climate change. The initiative was launched by the Green Party GroenLinks, and Councillor Ziggy Klazes explained that advertising meat products was contrary to the city's policy of combating global warming.

23 June 2024