GMFUS - Election 2008: What Europe Needs To Know

U.S. elections speakers tour visits DC, European cities
April 7, 2008 Washington, DC - Turin - Munich - Stockholm

"We don't contribute to the American presidency, but we are certainly part of it." Piero Gastaldo's opening remarks at an event co-sponsored by GMF and the Compagnia di San Paolo in Turin, Italy, reflected the mood seen at each stop on the German Marshall Fund's second European speakers tour on the 2008 U.S. presidential elections. The tour brought three political-insiders from Washington, DC, to Turin, Munich, and Stockholm for a series of events on the November elections. Read More...

The race to the White House: an analysis of Super Tuesday
February 6, 2008 Berlin

On February 6, GMF Berlin, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, hosted a discussion entitled "The race to the White House: an analysis of Super Tuesday." About 120 people attended a panel discussion with William Chandler, a professor at University of California in San Diego; Mr. William Drozdiak from American Council on Germany; and Mr. Ralf Beste, Marshall Memorial Fellow and a journalist with Der Spiegel in Berlin. Constanze Stelzenmüller, executive director of GMF's Berlin Office, moderated the discussion held in the State Representation of Baden-Württemberg. Read More...

U.S. election experts examine 2008 presidential season on NPR
November 13, 2007 Paris - Amsterdam - Brussels - Berlin
From November 13-16, the German Marshall Fund led a tour of speakers in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Berlin entitled "One year before the 2008 elections in the United States." Three insiders of American politics presented their views on the developments ahead: Richard L. Berke, assistant managing editor for news of The New York Times; Carroll Doherty, associate director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; and Jonathan Weisman, congressional reporter of The Washington Post. Events were held in the four cities with experts from politics, the media and the think tank community. Read More...