{"id":18802,"date":"2011-04-21T16:10:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T20:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=18802"},"modified":"2011-04-21T16:10:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T20:10:44","slug":"senior-german-parliamentary-staff-member-from-berlin-to-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/04\/21\/senior-german-parliamentary-staff-member-from-berlin-to-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior German Parliamentary staff member from Berlin to speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/Germanna.jpg\" alt=\"Germanna logo.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Senior German Parliamentary staff member from Berlin to speak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Helm, a senior staff member to German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#8217;s majority coalition in the Bundestag (German Parliament) will make remarks at Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.  The public is invited.<\/p>\n<p>An experienced hand in European politics, Thomas Helm has been a senior staff member to the center-right Christian Democrat Union\/Christian Social Union group in the German Bundestag.  His main responsibilities have included oversight of intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism, immigration and Muslim interrogation policies.  From 2007-2009, he was the official in charge of a special committee to restructure the financial relations between the German States and the Federal Government of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Helm can address the financial crisis triggered by Greece, drifting near bankruptcy due to years of government deficit-spending.  Many analysts worry that the response to the crisis compounds the danger posed to the Euro as a trusted currency and the European Union itself.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the German Heritage Society, Ken Scheibenberger, is proud to have a speaker of such renown in Germany to speak in Fort Wayne.  &#8220;Many of the policies he has worked on are similar to those faced by the United States and Thomas&#8217; insights could be valuable to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His speech is sponsored by the German Heritage Society, the Fort Wayne Maennerchor\/Damenchor, and the Germanna Foundation, the memorial foundation of the German Colonies in Virginia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-germanfest\/149038.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Germanfest mascot Fritz, assisted by Ken Scheibenberger, throws out the first pitch at the TinCaps game on June 5, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' 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