Germany Is Becoming Ungovernable I MCC Brussels Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses Germany's political instability, the EU's energy policies, and the disconnect between Brussels' rhetoric and reality.

Germany’s governing centre is cracking, Europe’s energy follies are becoming impossible to ignore, and Brussels is spending millions telling citizens it protects democracy. In this episode, we ask whether Friedrich Merz survive Germany’s deepening political and economic crisis. Is Belgium’s nuclear U-turn a sign that common sense is finally returning to European energy policy? And what does the EU’s “Protect What Matters” campaign reveal about the widening gap between Brussels’ rhetoric and i...

Topics covered

• German politics
• European energy policy
• democracy
• political crisis
• economic crisis

Keywords

• Germany
• Brussels
• Friedrich Merz
• energy policy
• democracy
• political crisis
• economic crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Germany, Brussels, Belgium, EU

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