IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to an unforseen facilities problem at the Boston Public Library, this program will now take place virtually on Zoom only. We apologize for the inconvenience.

You can register to attend the Zoom webinar here. If you registered for the in-person program, you have automatically been registered for the Zoom program, and no further action is required.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, attention on NATO has increased throughout the world. As its members prepare for the 75th NATO summit in early July, focus will intensify even more. In the U.S. we hear a lot of opinions about NATO, but how do Europeans feel about their security? The world will get key indicators of European political trends next month as 400 million people vote in European Parliamentary elections. Join us on the eve of these elections as the Consuls General of France and Germany discuss the future of NATO and the future of Europe.

On June 3rd, we will host Dr. Sonja Kreibich, Consul General of Germany to New England and Mustafa Soykurt, Consul General of France in Boston for a timely Great Decisions program, featuring an expert discussion, live audience Q&A, and time for networking and discussion with other globally-oriented participants in the Newsfeed Café.

Dr. Sonja Kreibich took up her post as the Consul General of Germany to  the New England States in July 2022. Before arriving in Boston, she  served at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin as the Head of  Division for Pan African Issues, Southern Africa and the Great Lakes  from 2018-22. Prior to this, she served as the Head of Unit for European  Migration Policy from 2014-2018, and as press spokesperson in the  Speaker’s Office from 2002-2006. Sonja’s roles within the Foreign Office  have taken her abroad to the German Permanent Mission to the UN in  New York as well as to the German Embassy in Bucharest, Romania.  She studied law at the University of Bonn and at the University of  Edinburgh and obtained a doctorate from the University of Bonn.

Mustafa Soykurt is the Consul General of France in Boston, held the position of Technical Advisor for European Affairs at Matignon, in the offices of Édouard Philippe, Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne. He had previously held the position of spokesperson, head of the press service of the Embassy of France in Italy (2016-2020) and had served in the Permanent Representation of France to the European Union in Brussels ( 2012-2016). In Paris, he worked at the Quai d’Orsay in the Directorate General for Globalization (2009-2012) and at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2003-2009).