Selected Events 2008    

U.S. Election Still Top Draw In Leipzig Consular District

October 13, 2008. Local interest in the U.S. election remains high, but the focus of attention is shifting away from the process and towards what the new administration might have in store for Germany. This tendency was particularly notable at an event with the International Friends of Dresden, a panel discussion entitled "The US Presidential Election -- What Does It Mean for Germany." Leipzig Consul for Public Affairs James Seward and Dr. Werner Patzelt of the Dresden Technical University fielded many questions about prospects for Germany from the new administration. Consul Seward stressed that while each candidate will certainly have his own approach to the major issues, those issues will be the same as those that face both countries now -- terrorism, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia/Georgia, climate change, and now, the financial crisis.