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Episode 427
Published 2 years ago
Description
On German political derangement.
Independent researcher and writer Gregor Baszak joins us to talk about German centrism being squeezed under pressure from both left and right — Sahra Wagenknecht and the AFD. Meanwhile the German economy is getting squeezed between the US and Russia, and NATO pressures Germany to up its defence spending.
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Is German public life remilitarising?
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What are the prospects for Sahra Wagenknecht’s new ‘left-conservative’ politics?
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What was the original political vision behind the Nordstream 2 pipeline?
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Why are Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni trying to carve the AFD out of pan-European national-populist cooperation?
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Where does Germany now stand in relation to the Ukraine War?
Links:
- Europe After America, Gregor Baszak, The American Conservative
- What’s the Matter With Germany?, Gregor Baszak, The American Conservative
- The Left-wing maverick who could stop the AfD For many, Sahra Wagenknecht is a tribune of the people, Gregor Baszak, UnHerd