Senior Correspondent for ARD German TV Werner Sonne will open this year’s International Program Series, hosted by Peters Township Public Library in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. Sonne will discuss “Can Germany Lead? Europe’s Largest Economy in Times of Economic Uncertainty” on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Werner Sonne is a Senior Correspondent for ARD German TV. An expert on foreign affairs, security policy, and terrorism, he is the Berlin Bureau Chief for the ARD morning news program Morgenmagazin, a position he has held since 2004. Mr. Sonne has had a distinguished career of forty-plus years as a radio and television correspondent, covering many influential events. He worked as a foreign correspondent for eleven years on both sides of the Iron Curtain – including five years in Washington, DC. He witnessed and reported about the process of German reunification and saw the country rise to its current position as the strongest economic partner in the European Union. More recently, he has reported on the Middle East and German involvement in the Afghanistan War.
As one of the founding nations of the European Union, Germany has played a key role in European integration and many believe that Germany, with the largest economy in Europe, holds the key to financial stability in the Union. However, while Germany had been a star performer since the economic recession in 2008, posting high growth rates while the rest of Europe struggled, a recent slowdown in the country has caused some to worry that the global recession might be catching up to Germany. Sonne will discuss whether Germany can lead a European Union during times of uncertainty.
The McMurray Veterans of Foreign Wars POST 764 is providing support for the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh 2011-12 program series. Register for this event online, visit the library circulation desk, or call 724.941.9430.
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