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Europe in transition: democratic crisis and right-wing populism

A panel discussion on politics and society - Europe in the 1920s and today
[Translate to Englisch:] William Roberts, Les Routiers, um 1931, Öl auf Leinwand, Courtesy of Board of Trustees of National Museums Northern Ireland © Estate of John David Roberts. By permission of the Treasury Solicitor, Ulster Museum Collection

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Chemnitz, SLpB project office
Brückenstraße 10, 09111 Chemnitz
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Panellists:
- Thy Nguyen, Deputy Director Jacques Delors Centre
- Thomas Laux, sociologist, TU Chemnitz
- Moderation: Gemma Pörzgen, journalist

The European Union is facing the greatest challenge since its foundation. Confronted with Vladimir Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine and the lack of US support, the unique union of states is currently placing itself on a self-determined and independent, yet peace-building basis. At the same time, threats from within, such as right-wing populism or violations of the rule of law by individual member states, must be countered.

Dr Thy Nguyen shows how the EU is reorganising itself in these times and countering the rise of right-wing populism. Dr Thomas Laux describes the forward-looking measures that Chemnitz and the region have developed as European Capital of Culture against this backdrop. How can culture preserve the European idea? What opportunities does the reorganisation of the EU in the 20th century offer?

In cooperation with the Saxon State Centre for Political Education and part of the series Europe needs dialogue!

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Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

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European Realities

The exhibition project European Realities at the Gunzenhauser Museum includes positions from various European countries, in particular from Northern, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The diverse realist movements that were visible almost everywhere in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s are shown on an up to now unique scale. The exhibition tells of hunger and misery, of the modernisation of industry, reports on the economic upswing and cultural prosperity, of technical progress, the big city and nightlife, emancipation and diversity. The exhibition is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

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