Selected Events 2006

From left: Prof. Crister Garrett, University of Leipzig; Consul General Mark Scheland, U. S. Consulate General; Uwe Küster, MdB; Prof. Erhard Forndran, University of Magdeburg

November 9, 2006
Consul General Mark Scheland participated in a public panel discussion hosted by the Saxony-Anhalt chapter of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and by the German-American Dialogue Center. Along with Bundestag deputy Uwe Küster as moderator and two professors, one American, Prof. Crister Garrett, University of Leipzig, and one German, Prof. Erhard Forndran, University of Magdeburg, the Consul General explained to an audience of nearly 200 the structures of the U.S. legislative and electoral systems and the variety of offices and issues that were in play in the 2006 elections. Topics in the Q&A session ranged from social-ethical issues, such as abortion, stem cell research, non-traditional marriage, and the minimum wage, to the workings of the electoral college, redistricting, and factions within the two major parties.