Who will lead Germany next? The final countdown is on! In this episode of Berlin Briefing DW’s Nina Haase, Michaela Küfner, Matthew Moore, and Bernd Riegert break down the key players in Germany’s upcoming elections, the ripple effects of JD Vance’s game-changing MSC 2025 speech and its impact on Europe’s security, and why smaller parties could make the building of the next coalition complicated. Plus, they reveal what the latest polls are saying, final predictions, and the most likely coalition power plays.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:09 JD Vance’s speech at the MSC
02:14 Friedrich Merz’s reax
04:16 JD Vance and the AfD
06:05 Election basics
08:30 Trump’s comments about Ukraine
10:50 Latest polls
12:15 SPD
12:51 CDU/CSU
13:46 AfD
14:24 Greens
15:36 Smaller parties
19:23 Debt break
23:26 Why the Left party suddenly rose in the polls
26:00 Final predictions
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