The Briefing Room - Is Germany in trouble?

David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the challenges facing Germany. Worries over the economy and immigration have seen the far right AfD party gain support in the former east Germany.

Guests:

Guy Chazan, Berlin bureau chief at the Financial Times
Dr Constanze Stelzenmuller, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings Institution
Marcel Fratzscher, President DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research and Professor at Humboldt University Berlin
Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at Warwick and Bonn Universities

Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Caroline Bayley, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter
Sound engineer: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman

Published on Thursday, 12th September 2024.

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