Political Economy Forum

#60 - Return of the Pragmatic Center after Germany's 2021 Federal Election - w/ Niko Switek

Oct 20, 2021

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Introduction

2min

The Social Democrats Won the German Federal Election

2min

The German Electoral System: What Went Wrong?

2min

The German Coalition Talks Progressing

3min

The CDU's Status Outside the Party's Options to Form a Coalition

2min

The Paradigm Shift in German Politics

4min

The Effects of the COVID Pandemic on the German Election

2min

The AFD and the Left in the German Election

4min

The Left Party's Performance in the Last Election

2min

10.

The Liberal Party's Recovery From the European Crisis

4min

11.

The Social Democrats and the Greens in Germany

4min

12.

The Greens' Ambitious Agenda

2min

13.

The German Party System: A Change in Policy

5min

In this episode, returning podcast guest Niko Switek - former DAAD Visiting Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School and Department of Political Science at UW - discusses the outcome of the 2021 German Federal Elections with Nicolas Wittstock.

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