In this public event, Jens Weidmann, Head of supervisory board of Commerzbank AG and former President of Deutsche Bundesbank, will present his views on how to preserve Europe’s role in a changing geopolitical and economic world order and how to restore Europe’s competitiveness.
Meet our speaker and chair
Jens Weidmann is Supervisory Board Chairman of Commerzbank AG, Professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management for Practice in Central Banking and Former President of the German Central Bank.
Iain Begg is Professorial Research Fellow at the LSE European Institute.
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Podcast & Video
A podcast of this event is available to download from Geography is back: a German view on Europe's perspectives in times of global uncertainty
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