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Webinar date: Monday, 21 September 2026, 7.00–9.00 pm. Speaker: Josef Kraus. Never before has Germany performed so poorly in PISA assessments. Alongside home-grown causes, imported problems are also contributing to this. What needs to be done to save Germany from decline?
Online book launch. Author: Prof. Dr Michael Esfeld. Tuesday, 29 September 2026. 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm. The foundations of Western civilisation remain the only path to a future of freedom and peace. In his book, Michael Esfeld calls for an end to the disempowerment caused by an overreaching state. Scientism, wokeness,
Speaker: Dr Hans-Georg Maaßen Date: Monday, 31 August 2026 Time: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm. The recent mass influx on Europe’s periphery is not an isolated incident. Ceuta was a warning sign and the obvious collapse of the European asylum system. It is not only German indolence, but also that of other EU countries and the UK, that has led to this
Webinar Date: Friday, 10 July 2026 Time: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Speaker: Tobias Teuscher Artificial intelligence is the new social issue of our time. This is what Pope Leo states in his encyclical „Magnifica Humanitas“. Those who possess data, control algorithms and oversee digital infrastructures wield political power. The new encyclical therefore
Webinar Date: Thursday, 9 June 2026 Time: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Speaker: Josef Kraus What are the billions in licence fees paid to public service broadcasters (ÖRR) in Germany used for? How balanced is the political coverage provided by ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandfunk and the other media outlets really?
Web seminar Tuesday, 2 June 2026 Time: 7 - 9 pm Speaker: Helmut Seifen Siegfried Lenz could have celebrated his 100th birthday on 17 March 2026. This is an opportunity to honour a writer who has been an important intellectual voice in the Federal Republic of Germany from the very beginning and who, during his lifetime, was already
Web-Seminar Date: Thursday, 21 May Time: 7 - 9 pm Speaker: Josef Kraus There are two main reasons for the decline of the former educational nation of Germany: home-made and imported. The home-grown causes include the equalisation mania and disregard for achievement. Here we are talking about imported causes: Lack of education, language deficits and disregard for school rules as well as disdain
Web-Seminar Date: Mon, 16.03.2026 19:00 - 21:00 Speaker: Collin McMahon The German-American journalist and author Collin McMahon has been observing the relationship between Iran and Germany and the Iranian opposition for years. The Trump administration's Iran policy and the possible consequences for Germany and Europe are also causing heated debates here.
Everyone is in favour, no one is against. But what does this actually mean in concrete terms, especially with regard to the political order? Web seminar Date: Tue, 10.3.2026 19:00 - 21:00 Speaker: Dr Karlheinz Weißmann In what ways has political freedom been thought about in the past and is it being thought about in the present? Why