Episode 20B - Special: German Elections 2025

About this episode

This episode explores the implications of the 2025 German federal elections and the influence of U.S. politics on European stability.

This unique, mostly extemporaneous episode is a deep dive into modern European politics. The current United States government has destabilized the political scene by indicating it will reduce military support for NATO, and by having some of its top officials endorse the controversial far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) Party. We profile all of the main German political parties that were contenders in the February 2025 federal parliamentary elections: the center-left Social Democrats (...

Topics covered

• German elections
• European politics
• NATO
• Alternative for Deutschland
• political parties

Keywords

• political landscape
• Social Democrats
• far-right politics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: German Elections 2025

Places: United States

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