Die verwundbare Demokratie: Strategien gegen die populistische Übernahme

In the organizer's words:

Is our democratic state in Germany sufficiently protected against its enemies? Lawyer and author Maximilian Steinbeis talks about this question at the Munich Adult Education Center.

While populists all over the world are undermining the free legal order, we still think our democracy is invulnerable. The enemies of democratic diversity are abusing the law under the pretext of representing the "true interests of the people". What could threaten Germany?

Maximilian Steinbeis, founder of the "Verfassungsblog" and controversial expert on all constitutional issues, uses the example of Thuringia to show how populists could destroy the liberal state by abusing laws and institutions: schools and universities, the judiciary and police, the media and the arts. Steinbeis raises our awareness of the threats to which our free society is exposed. He discusses scenarios of populist takeovers and strategies to proactively prevent them.

Moderator: Gudula Geuther, correspondent in the capital city studio of Deutschlandfunk

Steinbeis' book "Die verwundbare Demokratie" was published by Hanser in July. "With all its often astonishing details, the book provides a penetrating analysis that shows painfully clearly how fragile a liberal democracy is." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)