Does political renewal in Germany herald real change?
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Does political renewal in Germany herald real change?
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By: Guillaume Naudin Follow
31 min
This time, the campaign is off to a good start in Germany and the stage is set before the September 2021 elections to succeed Angela Merkel.
It is a duel with, perhaps a few referees, which is announced.
On the one hand, there is the conservative Armin Laschet who had all the trouble in the world to get rid of his Bavarian rival Markus Söder, more popular and who has probably not finished talking about him.
On the other, the environmentalist Annalena Baerbock, 40 years old and who was named, in a much more peaceful way, by a party at the top of the polls for a few days.
Does political renewal in Germany herald real change?
This is the question of the day.
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To discuss it:
- Anne Salles
, lecturer in Germanic Studies at the University of Paris-Sorbonne
- Hans Stark
, adviser for Franco-German relations at Ifri, professor of German Civilization at La Sorbonne.
Co-author of the book “Germany on the international scene.
In search of stability in a changing world ”, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion
- Emmanuel Droit
, professor of contemporary history at Sciences-Po Strasbourg, former deputy director of the Marc Bloch Center and author of the book “24 hours of life in the GDR”, PUF editions.
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