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Summary of the 20th M100 Sanssouci Colloquium

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Democracy under Attack. Disinformation Campaigns, AI and the Role of the Media in the 2024 Super Election Year

Thursday, 12 September 2024, Orangery Sanssouci, Potsdam

On 12 September, the 20th M100 Sanssouci Colloquium came to a successful close. The highlight was the presentation of the M100 Media Award to Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of the Republic of Kosovo, and Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.
The conference was attended by some 80 journalists and representatives of think tanks and political organisations from across Europe and the US, as well as 19 young journalists from 17 European countries and 20 observers. In the late afternoon, a Special Talk in cooperation with POLITICO and the presentation of the M100 Media Award took place.
Impressions and results of the conference, the M100 Young European Journalists Workshop and the M100 Media Award were shared mainly on LinkedIn.
A detailed summary can be found here.

Special Talk “In the Shadow of the US Elections” with POLITICO

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24 September 2024. The day after the final TV debate between the two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, four journalists discussed possible scenarios for the US at the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium: Adam Jasser (Deputy Director for News, TVP World, Poland), Tanit Koch (Journalist, The New European, Germany), Jakob Hanke Vela (Senior Correspondent, POLITICO) and Olga Rudenko (Editor-in-Chief, The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine). The discussion took place in cooperation with POLITICO and was moderated by Jürgen Klöckner, Head of Pros and Senior Political Reporter, POLITICO Germany. Two of the central questions were what a possible victory of President Trump or President Harris would mean for Ukraine and how Ukraine views the US elections.

All Speeches from the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium are online!

18 September 2024. All speeches from the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium are now available online in transcribed form:

Opening speech of the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium by Dr Anna Wieslander ‘With Russia as a systemic threat, Europe needs a new recipe for peace and prosperity’ (with video)

Welcome address M100 Media Award by Mike Schubert, Lord Mayor of Potsdam

Laudatory speech for Dr Vjosa Osmani Sadriu by Rudolf Scharping, former German Federal Minister

Acceptance speech by Dr Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of the Republic of Kosovo

Laudatory speech for Donald Tusk by Joachim Gauck, former German Federal President

Acceptance speech by Professor Adam Bodnar, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Poland, on behalf of Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland