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Germany gears up: Tackling the crisis with debt

March 13, 2025

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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