Munich Security Conference/2025
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Date | 14 February 2025 - 16 February 2025 |
Location | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Website | https://securityconference.org/en/msc-2025/ |
Description | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
Own words
The MSC 2025 comes at a pivotal moment of change: a new US administration takes office in January, a new cycle of European legislature in Brussels and German parliamentary elections follow just one week after the conference.[1]
On Friday, the conference’s main program will start with a focus on global security challenges, including global governance, democratic resilience, climate security, and many more topics. On Saturday, debates will take place on the state of the international order as well as regional conflicts and crises. The future of the transatlantic partnership will also be a focus of the second day of the conference. On Sunday, the conference will wrap up with discussions on Europe's role in the world.[1]
The day before the conference, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, Jörg Kukies, will bring together ministers and high representatives from international institutions for the 4th No Money for Terror Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.[1]
At the end of the third and last conference day, Jens Stoltenberg will succeed Christoph Heusgen as the new Chair of the MSC.[1]
Protests
The anti-Siko Alliance once again called for a protest against the 'security conference'. The initiators of the demonstration demanded:
Cease-fire and negotiations to end all wars. No weapons to Ukraine, Israel and Turkey. Stop all arms exports. For a just peace in the Middle East. No support of the genocide in Palestine by the federal government. Protection of the civilian population and compliance with international humanitarian law. No cooperation with war criminals and genocidaires. Warmongers in the dock. No deployment of medium-range missiles in Germany. No nuclear participation. No participation in wars and no foreign missions of the Bundeswehr. Impunity for whistleblowers. Right to stay for conscientious objectors and deserters. No to conscription. Bundeswehr out of schools and universities. Money for education, social, environmental and climate protection. Disarmament instead of rearmament. Social up, armor down. Against the European policy of isolation.[2]