Ep 1279: Germany After Merkel - New Coalition Government Faces Many Challenges

Author and Journalist John Kampfner talks to Eamon.

An episode of the The Stand with Eamon Dunphy podcast, hosted by The Stand, titled "Ep 1279: Germany After Merkel - New Coalition Government Faces Many Challenges" was published on November 30, 2021 and runs 27 minutes.

November 30, 2021 ·27m · The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

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Olaf Scholz replaces Angela Merkel and brings the Green Party and Free Democratic Party together with the Social Democrats to form a government. But with a new surge in Covid-19 and the arrival of the Omicron variant, Germany's complicated relationship with Russia and China and its place within the EU and meeting the tests of Climate Change, this new Government must face major economic, political and social challenges. John Kampfner is a journalist and author of "Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country".Recorded on 29th November 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Olaf Scholz replaces Angela Merkel and brings the Green Party and Free Democratic Party together with the Social Democrats to form a government. But with a new surge in Covid-19 and the arrival of the Omicron variant, Germany's complicated relationship with Russia and China and its place within the EU and meeting the tests of Climate Change, this new Government must face major economic, political and social challenges. John Kampfner is a journalist and author of "Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country".

Recorded on 29th November 2021.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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