Germany gears up: Tackling the crisis with debt

Name: Germany gears up: Tackling the crisis with debt
Uploaded: 2025-03-13T11:55:01.288Z
Duration: 26 min 4 s
Description: With a massive €1 trillion debt-financed twin package for defense and infrastructure, Germany’s new government aims to future-proof the country in the years ahead. Will this make Germany a role model or Europe’s biggest debtor? Our guests: Karolina Wigura (Center for Liberal Modernity), Malte Lehming (Tagesspiegel), Alexandr Burilkov (Leuphana University)

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With a massive €1 trillion debt-financed twin package for defense and infrastructure, Germany’s new government aims to future-proof the country in the years ahead. Will this make Germany a role model or Europe’s biggest debtor? Our guests: Karolina Wigura (Center for Liberal Modernity), Malte Lehming (Tagesspiegel), Alexandr Burilkov (Leuphana University)

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Alexandr Burilkov,

he is an expert on military and security issues

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Malte Lehming,

he is senior editor at the German daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel

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Karolina Wigura,

she is a writer and sociologist from Poland

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