Transatlantic Challenges for the Next German Government
Panelists:
Thurid Hurstedt, Dean of Graduate Programmes and Professor of Public Administration and Management, Hertie School
Eric Langenbacher, Senior Fellow and Director, Society, Culture & Politics Program, AGI
Andrea Römmele, Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Communication in Politics and Civil Society, Hertie School
Moderated by:
Jeff Rathke, President, AGI
The February 23, 2025, elections to the German Bundestag will result in a change of coalition in Europe’s most influential country. The next government will inherit a stagnating economy and must grapple with the war in Ukraine and the problems arising from a strengthened far-right political movement. Meanwhile, the contours of the Trump administration’s foreign policy are taking shape and represent a new challenge for Germany. What will the Bundestag election results tell us about the shape of the next government and the policy consequences? What will be the effects of Trump’s policies both in the United States and abroad?
On March 3, the American-German Institute and the Hertie School host an in-person discussion on the outcome of the German elections, the consequences for governance, and how the next coalition will navigate the transatlantic partnership with the Trump administration.
Thurid Hustedt is Dean of Graduate Programmes and Professor of Public Administration and Management at the Hertie School. Her research focuses on public sector change dynamics, political-administrative relations and comparative public administration. Hustedt is the Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed journal dms – der moderne Staat (with Sylvia Veit). Previously, she was a visiting professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Bergen and the University of Toronto. Hustedt holds a PhD and a Diploma in Public Administration from Potsdam University.
Andrea Römmele is Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Communication in Politics and Civil Society at the Hertie School. Her research interests are comparative political communications, political parties and public affairs. She was Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Modern German Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2012/13 and has been a visiting fellow at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, and the Australian National University in Canberra. Römmele is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Political Consulting and Policy Advice and also works as a consultant to political and corporate campaigns. She obtained her master’s degree from the San Francisco University within a Cross-Registration Program with the University of California at Berkeley, a PhD from Heidelberg University and a habilitation from the Free University of Berlin.
This event is presented in partnership with the Hertie School.
