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Recovery or ruin: Can Germany escape the crisis?

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July 9, 2026

Germany wants to break free from mediocrity and leave its many crises behind. How successful is the federal government's "summer of reforms”? Our guests: Erik Fossing Nielsen (Economist), Maximilian Hofmann (DW), and Vendeline von Bredow (The Economist).

 

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Max Hofmann is Head of DW’s Berlin Bureau, focusing on German politics. He has extensive international experience and was previously based in Washington and Brussels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vendeline von Bredow is Senior Germany Correspondent for the British magazine The Economist, based in Berlin. Before that, she served as European Business and Finance Correspondent. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Erik Fossing Nielsen is an independent economist with more than 40 years of experience in global economic policy, macroeconomics, and financial markets.

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