Lecture series focuses on the 2024 super election year

The first event is on Monday, 22 April. Professor Torsten Oppelland, head of the Department of Comparative Government at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, will then speak in the plenary chamber of the Thuringian state parliament on "New political actors and their effect on politics in Thuringia".

Thuringia is emerging from a difficult situation in which it proved impossible to form a government majority. The state elections in September will decide whether this will continue to be the case or whether completely new coalition models will be tried out. The local elections and the election of representatives to the European Parliament will provide the first indications of how the balance of power between the parties in Thuringia will develop. However, it is important to bear in mind that both the European and local levels have their own special characteristics. There is much to suggest that Thuringia will continue to be a field of political experimentation.

The public event begins at 6.15 pm and admission is free. However, registration is required at www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/ringvorlesung.