Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
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Oct 10, 2026
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
The resolution also calls for unrestricted access for international human rights monitors.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
Germany's Konrad Adenauer Foundation has rejected claims that the Georgian authorities offered it an opportunity to revise its projects and continue operating.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
A senior foundation official said no such discussion had taken place, contradicting Georgian Dream Parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili.
Giorgi RukhadzeHOST
The foundation recently closed its Georgian office, citing restrictions on foreign funding.
Michael GoveGUEST
So in Germany, they, they, they, they have these things called stiftungs, which are sort of half think tank, half party organization, and they're all attached.
Michael GoveGUEST
You know, each of the principal parties have one, so the CDU have the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and, um, uh, and so on.
Michael GoveGUEST
Um, these organizations are, uh, are, they're sort of colleges for wannabe politicians and those around them.
Michael GoveGUEST
In the UK, we do have a, a, an apprenticeship system for politicians, but it's one that excites a lot of hostility, and that is people who are special advisors.
Michael GoveGUEST
So in Germany, the, they, they, they have these things called stiftungs, which are sort of half think tank, half party organization, and they're all attached.
Michael GoveGUEST
You know, each of the principal parties have one, so the CDU have the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and, um, uh, and so on.
Michael GoveGUEST
Um, these organizations are, are, they're sort of colleges for wannabe politicians and those around them.
Michael GoveGUEST
In the UK, we do have a, a, an apprenticeship system for politicians, but it's one that excites a lot of hostility, and that is people who are special advisors.
Adam ReichardtHOST
And, uh, and we just saw there now that, uh, that all four German political foundations which have been operating in Georgia have basically shut their doors and shut their activities and shut- and closed down.
Adam ReichardtHOST
Uh, this is, uh, basically in, uh, in response to two of those, uh, organizations being m- basically kicked out, so the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and, uh, the Friedrich Naumann, uh, Stiftung, uh, Foundation have been, uh, have been, you know, m- kicked out of Georgia and the other two that were still remaining there have, uh, in solidarity, I think, have quit, uh-
Alexandra KarppiHOST
Mm-hmm
Adam ReichardtHOST
... their activities there.
speaker_1HOST
This year, Tbilisi resumed handing over Russians without clarifying what had changed.
speaker_1HOST
On Wednesday the thirtieth, two German political foundations, Konrad Adenauer and Friedrich Naumann, closed their offices in Tbilisi.
speaker_1HOST
Adenauer has operated in Georgia since two thousand three, supporting parliamentary development and giving scholarships to young Georgians.
speaker_1HOST
Naumann has operated since two thousand two, working with Georgian civic groups and liberal figures.
Monica PerezHOST
So I looked at...
Monica PerezHOST
I, it really struck me as like a Rand thing, and I found a consortium or whatever, like a, a conference or something that Rand and, and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation put on together 'cause I wanted to see where that nexus was.
Monica PerezHOST
And it goes into how, one of the quotes, I think I have, actually have a quote from it that says the...
Monica PerezHOST
Oh, damn it.
Monica PerezHOST
So I looked at...
Monica PerezHOST
I- it really struck me as like a Rand thing, and I found a consortium or whatever, like a, a conference or something that Rand and, and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation put on together 'cause I wanted to see where that nexus was, and it goes into how one of the quotes, I think I have, actually have a quote from it that says the...
Monica PerezHOST
Oh, damn it.
Monica PerezHOST
I know I have it right.
Michael GoveGUEST
You know, each of the principal parties have one.
Michael GoveGUEST
So the CDU have the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and, um, uh, and so on.
Michael GoveGUEST
Um, these organizations are, are, they're sort of colleges For wannabe politicians and those around them.
Michael GoveGUEST
In the UK, we do have a, a, an apprenticeship system for politicians, but it's one that excites a lot of hostility, and that is people who are special advisors.
RasheedHOST
The, the, the, and it's the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, just like, for example, the, the FDP, the liberals, they have the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
RasheedHOST
I think the CDU, the conservatives, if I'm not mistaken, theirs is the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which would-
DiegoHOST
Same as well, I believe
RasheedHOST
... yeah, they would get involved with PP-
Kolja SpöriGUEST
One was through Hugo Boss, my former workplace, where I was head of sponsorship, and they were sponsored by Hugo Boss after my time.
Kolja SpöriGUEST
And then through a political contact where I was relatively close with the Schröder government at the time, the Klitschko's were already protected through, you know, I could see who they associated with, like my friend, our common friend, high-level politicians, the German foundations where a lot of money is channeled through like the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which is not Schroeder's foundation.
Kolja SpöriGUEST
But so official Germany was prepping up the Klitschko's.
Kolja SpöriGUEST
And later on, they started to serve their purpose in this conflict.
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