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Is the German economy going down the drain?

Growth is back across the G7 – except for Germany. Its economy has shrunk for a second year. Does Berlin have a plan to turn its fortunes around - or is the Scholz government part of the problem? Our guests: Valerie Höhne (Süddeutsche Zeitung), economist Vendeline von Bredow and author and journalist John Kampfner.

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Valerie Höhne,

a journalist with Germany’s leading liberal broadsheet Süddeutsche Zeitung

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Vendeline von Bredow,

Berlin correspondent for the Economist magazine

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John Kampfner,

a British writer and journalist

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Strong opinions, clear points of view, international agendas. Three journalists join our presenter and go straight to the point on an international issue that’s making news. It’s controversy and confrontation. It’s background and analysis. It’s the issues that are moving our world.

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