24th International WDR Europaforum 2022
Programme
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken the international order to its foundations. Solidarity with Kiev is the imperative of the hour. Europe is called upon to assert its fundamental values in a changed world.
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