Seminar: Perspectives for Europe’s Development in Turbulent Times

24 - 26 September 2025

Conference venue: Politische Bildungsstätte Helmstedt 38350 Helmstedt

Program:

The seminar addresses pressing questions regarding Europe’s current development in light of a changing global landscape. The conference will be moderated by Tilman Zschiesche and André Lindner (PBH).

Key Topics:

• Military obligations arising from NATO and European Union treaties

  Speaker: Ricarda Steinbach (RS StraCo)

• Trade relations and European alliance policy

  Speaker: Eckart Stratenschulte, member of the Speakers Pool Team EUROPE DIRECT

• Is a “Europe of the willing” possible within or alongside the EU?

  Speaker: Viola von Cramon

• Perspectives of political education at Sonnenberg

  Speakers: Doris Göcke, Günther Hoops, Stiftung Interkulturelles Haus Sonnenberg

Language: German with simultaneous interpretation into English by Julian von Hansemann