The German health spending has seen a dramatic rise in the last four decades quadrupling in real terms. As our society ages, this trend will accelerate in the future. The population has a fett resistance to power restrictions, but the health insurance contributions are already perceived as too high. Against this background; is there a need for a health technology assessment (Health Technology Assessment or HTA)?

Since 2003, The Hackesche Internal Circle is a group discussion of the CDU District Association of Berlin. This is an event open to all interested parties where Nezih Ülkekul and Ian Johnson discussed "Whether there is a culture clash in Europe with Islam that is already taking place or is this culture clash still avoidable?

For years in Germany, so-called renewable energy sources have been promoted. This promotion is done primarily by the payment of direct and indirect subsidies. Against the background of rising energy prices and climate change, this event critically examined the question of "to what extent the current practice of subsidies is capable of promoting the reduction of the use of fossil fuels in the long term."

Must it always concern "the love of money"? From this question Alfred Reimann poses the next question: Which connection exists between own positive feelings of enjoyment and one's own economic decisions and actions? Alfred Reimann will present his answers and thoughts to this question and discuss them with participants.

Steffen Hentrich will consider environmental questions and problems in his lecture, and contend that they are generally the consequence of market failure, or in some cases, the inevitable result of the existence of markets. He will explain that in both interpretations of the problem, the fundamental misunderstanding of environmental issues is the result of a misunderstanding of markets.

„The human is born in freedom and lives in bondage." in this words Jean-Jaques Rousseau express his disgust about the absolut-monarchy of the 18. century. The state of the 18. century gives to the individuals the illusion to be more reasonable than the Individuums, similar as today. At the European Freedom Summit, which takes place in Berlin at the first weekend in June, the lectures talk about the imminent dangers for Freedom in the 21. century and looking for some ways to smash the force of the state. In different ways states legitimize their attack to individual freedom, often by Myth. For the modern state are three myth most important: 1. Security instead of freedom 2. social welfare instead of freedom 3. ecology instead of freedom. This three types of Myth were discussed at the European Freedom Summit.

When two EU member states rejected the new European constitution debate over the document started again and more questions arose. Do these rejections mean that the idea of a common European constitution has failed forever? Are there alternatives? Do we need a European constitution at all? What should one look like?

The Institute for Free Enterprise (IUF) cordially invites you to its first Year End Celebration. Join us for cocktails, Glühwein and a festive buffet. We look forward to seeing you.

That is how the tenor of many of the presentations at the Institute for Free Enterprise's first summit on reform could be summarized. Approximately 100 interested parties who are active in the political, scientific and economic arenas attended the summit, which took place at the Maritim Hotel in Berlin.