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24th International WDR Europaforum 2022

Programme

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10.00 Welcome

Tom Buhrow | Director-General of Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Dr. Jörg Wojahn | Head of European Commission Representation in Germany

10.15 Keynote address

Roberta Metsola | President of the European Parliament

10.20 Interview

New unity or new dispute?
Consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine for the EU 
Frans Timmermans | Vice-President of the European Commission
Interview: Markus Preiß, Head of ARD Studio Brussels

11.00 Discussion

Tricky balancing acts
Handling the ‘Zeitenwende’ (turn of the times) in practical politics
Lars Klingbeil | Co-Chair of SPD
Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter | University of the Bundeswehr, Munich
Moderation: Dr. Joachim Görgen, Head of Trimedia News Südwestrundfunk

11.40 Discussion

Erroneous certainties?
Assessing the chances of a new peace order
Bijan Djir-Sarai | Secretary General of the FDP, MP
Martin Schirdewan | Co-Chair Left Group European Parliament
Moderation: Isabel Schayani, Head of WDRforyou, Moderator „Weltspiegel“

12.05 Discussion

A paradigm shift
Germany’s future role in Europe
Friedrich Merz | Federal Chairman of the CDU, Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag
Prof. Dr. Ursula Schröder | Scientific Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg
Moderation: Andreas Cichowicz, Editor-in-Chief Norddeutscher Rundfunk

12.45 Break

13.45 Interview

Aleksandra Otschman | Journalist, Kiev
Interview: Sabine Scholt, Head of WDR Programme Group Current Affairs, Europe and Abroad

14.00 Interview

A question of values
European foreign policy in a changed world
Annalena Baerbock | Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Interview: Tina Hassel, Head of the ARD Capital Studio Berlin
Followed by exchange with students

14.50 Interview

Lena Chernenko | Journalist, Moscow
Interview: Sabine Scholt, Head of WDR Programme Group Current Affairs, Europe and Abroad

15.00 Discussion

No room for subtleties?
The ‘Zeitenwende’ (turn of the times) as cultural challenge
Claudia Roth | Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Sasha Marianna Salzmann | Author and dramaturge
Sonja Zekri | Cultural correspondent Süddeutsche Zeitung in Berlin
Moderation: Vivian Perkovic, Journalist, Moderator Kulturzeit/3sat

16.00 End

Studio expert
Prof. Dr. Daniela Schwarzer | Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations

Presenter
Sabine Scholt | Head of WDR Programme Group Current Affairs, Europe and Abroad

Concept | Realisation
Ferdos Forudastan | Head of WDR Europaforum, Chief editorial office WDR Television
Heribert Roth | Editor WDR Programme Group Current Affairs, Europe and Abroad

Tagesmoderation
Sabine Scholt | Leiterin WDR Programmgruppe Zeitgeschehen, Europa und Ausland

Konzeption | Realisation
Ferdos Forudastan | Leiterin WDR Europaforum, Chefredaktion Politik und Zeitgeschehen
Heribert Roth | Redakteur WDR Programmgruppe Zeitgeschehen, Europa und Ausland