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Farewell Merkel, hello Scholz | Germany Elects

Farewell Merkel, hello Scholz | Germany Elects

FromWorld Review from the New Statesman


Farewell Merkel, hello Scholz | Germany Elects

FromWorld Review from the New Statesman

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin presents a special series from the New Statesman's World Review podcast on the German election and its aftermath.In this final episode, he reviews Germany's new centre-left coalition government and the incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz. What is the government's politics? What are its policy priorities at home and abroad? Who are its most important personalities? And where could the difficulties lie?To discuss all this he is joined by Jana Puglierin, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.Read Jeremy's essay on Angela Merkel's legacy here and his profile of incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz here. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

World Review is the global affairs podcast from the New Statesman, hosted by Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington D.C. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.