Claire Demesmay was head of DGAP’s Franco-German Relations Program from February 2009 until August 2021.

She was previously research assistant at the Study Committee for Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) at the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) in Paris from 2002 to 2009 and taught French and Francophone studies at the Technical University Dresden from 1998 to 2002.

Demesmay studied political philosophy in Dijon and at Paris-Sorbonne University. She earned her PhD within the framework of a French-German cotutelle on “Political Liberalism and the Future of the Nation-State” at Paris-Sorbonne University and the Center for French Studies at the Technical University of Berlin.

[As of Septembre 2021]

Dr. Claire Demesmay

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Publications

Armin Laschet, Angela Merkel, and Emmanuel Macron

In Search of the Next Partner

French President Emmanuel Macron has banked on Franco-German cooperation, an approach that finally proved successful in 2020. With Angela Merkel leaving the scene, he needs to build bridges to her potential successors, and quickly.

Dr. Claire Demesmay
IPQ
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Bild: Blumen und Kerzen vor der Basilica de Notre Dame in Nizza

Die traumatisierte Nation

Nach fünf Jahren islamistischem Terrorismus ringt Frankreich um den richtigen Umgang mit Sicherheit, Freiheit, Identität und Miteinander. Dabei braucht es Europas Solidarität.

Dr. Claire Demesmay
Julie Hamann
Sofia Koller
IP

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