Is Germany's pension reform reopening the East-West divide?
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 A reform under fire
03:25 Inside Germany’s pension plan
05:59 The demographic challenge
07: 37 Saving the welfare state
10:13 A burden for future generations
13:24 The fragile compromise
16:08 Eastern resistance builds
20:56 Can the gap be closed?
23:58 Pressure from within
28:16 Why reforms can’t wait
31:08 Germany’s growth problem
32:44 Why Merz needs a win
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