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Germany's conservatives: Closer to Merkel or Trump?

February 6, 2025

Germany’s conservative CDU party is pushing for tough anti-immigration policies – even if it means getting help from the far-right AfD. What does that mean for Germany’s future? Our guests: Kate Brady (Washington Post); Jörg Lau (Zeit); Ralph Bollmann (Faz)

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DW Sendung To The Point 06.02.25 TOPOd+e | Lau, Jörg
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Jörg Lau

editor at the German weekly, Die Zeit, whose reporting focuses on migration. 

 

 

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Ralph Bollmann 

he’s written a biography of Angela Merkel and is editor at the German daily, the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung.

 

 

 

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Kate Brady  

reporter for The Washington Post in Berlin focused on German politics.

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