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Tuesday, December 17th Germany, consumers, the international system, death, their mothers' children and a book discussion Ragnar Hjálmarsson, PhD in governance, discusses the fall of the government and the new political landscape in Germany. Breki Karlsson, chairman of the Consumers' Association, is eagerly awaiting whether the new government will improve the welfare of consumers. Þórdís Ingadóttir, professor of law at Reykjavík University, discusses how the international legal system is strengthening at the same time as the arena of international politics is weakening. Vigfús Bjarni Albertsson, former hospital chaplain, discusses life, death and the struggle for survival. Egill Sæbjörnsson, a visual artist, assisted his mother Ágústa Oddsdóttir with her book on art therapy by Sigríður Björnsdóttir and Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir, a writer, wrote and edited a book about the life of his mother, Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir. They all come to the Red Table and discuss the books, the art, the relationship between children and their mothers (and vice versa), and what it's like to work with their family. At the end, writers Valur Gunnarsson and Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson come and discuss books and society.