On February 20, the Valdai Club conference hall hosted a discussion titled “The Phenomenon of Modern Germany: Where is German Politics Heading?” ahead of the early Bundestag elections. Artyom Sokolov, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; Vladislav Belov, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Maria Khorolskaya, Research Fellow at the Department of European Political Studies, IMEMO RAS; Roger Köppel, Swiss journalist, editor-in-chief of “Die Weltwoche”, a Swiss newspaper, participated. The event was moderated by Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Club.