American Council on Germany

Germany faces a decisive autumn: regional elections could test the firewall against the AfD, while Russia’s drone activity is sharpening the security debate. Christoph von Marschall’s takeaway: Germany is changing – but not yet fast enough to meet voters’ expectations. #Germany

50 yrs ago today, @ACG_USA was privileged to receive a $1 million grant from the German government. At a #WhiteHouse ceremony German President Walter Scheel handed a check earmarked for the Council to U.S. President Gerald Ford, and the ACG’s John J. McCloy Fund was born

Fostering understanding & cooperation to advance German-American relations is at the heart of everything we do. This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking the ACG community to support our transatlantic efforts by donating to our Transatlantic Dialogue Fund: bit.ly/GivingTuesdayA….

We were so pleased to host Consul General David Gill @GermanyNY yesterday to hear his reflections on 7 years in New York and are grateful for the wonderful cooperation over that time. We don’t say good-bye but rather Aufwiedersehen - until we see each other again!

We agree with the importance of people-to-people exchanges between the US & Thuringia which is why our Study Tour on #SocialCohesion will visit #Erfurt next month.