During this meeting, participants will have the opportunity to discuss with Lucio Caracciolo the crisis in Germany, which is affecting the economy, institutions, politics, and the nation’s very identity.

With limited sovereignty, a democracy that lacks self-confidence, the migration crisis, and the shock of war, Germany must confront a series of factors that are putting it to the test, especially in light of a potential Russian attack anticipated for 2029.
It is on this ground that the AfD, the new nationalists from the East and now the country’s leading party, has established itself. A political force whose identity and objectives are reshaping German politics,

At the end of the meeting, participants will have developed a clearer understanding of:

• why Germany is suffering from a systemic crisis and how this crisis is rooted in its recent history
• how rearmament and industrial reconversion are putting a country that is unprepared to the test
• who the AfD nationalists are, what they want, and how they are changing German politics
• the effects of the German crisis on Italy and on the European and international context.