Will German Elections Set a New Direction after Merkel?September 30, 2021

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 9:42 p.m.

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German\\xa0voters\\xa0prioritized\\xa0stability in the first\\xa0post-Merkel\\xa0election\\u2014voting for the party\\xa0who most emulated\\xa0the former chancellor\\u2019s\\xa0approach to government, the Social Democrats (SPD),\\xa0instead of\\xa0Merkel\\u2019s\\xa0Christian Democratic Union (CDU).\\xa0What does the narrow SPD victory tell us about the German political landscape and important\\xa0Western\\xa0trends like populism?\\xa0Ulrike Franke and Sheri Berman join\\xa0Deep Dish\\xa0to explain how potential coalition governments could shape German foreign policy and the relationship with the United States.\\xa0\\xa0

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