{"id":216979,"date":"2025-02-07T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-there-a-crack-in-germanys-political-firewall-against-the-far-right-berlin-briefing-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:06:40","slug":"is-there-a-crack-in-germanys-political-firewall-against-the-far-right-berlin-briefing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-there-a-crack-in-germanys-political-firewall-against-the-far-right-berlin-briefing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a crack in Germany\u2019s political firewall against the far-right? | Berlin Briefing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9mKs8C70Ta0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is there a crack in Germany\u2019s political firewall against the far-right? | Berlin Briefing Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9mKs8C70Ta0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz just turned the election campaign on its head. He took a major political risk by relying on the far right AfD party to deliver a majority in parliament for the first time. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against any cooperation with the far right. Did Merz just throw away his chance of a smooth ride to become Germany\u2019s next chancellor? Or is he about to break the political paralysis around the AfD\u2019s lifeblood issue: Migration.  <\/p>\n<p>DW Chief Political Editor Michaela K\u00fcfner, talks to journalist and author Justus Bender and Matthew Moore, DW&#8217;s  Political Correspondent. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n1:28 Merz\u2019 way or no way<br \/>\n2:22 Why vote with the AfD?<br \/>\n3:05 Static polls?<br \/>\n6:12 Broken promise?<br \/>\n9:40 Merkel not amused<br \/>\n12:16 Merz vs Merkel<br \/>\n15:17 Merz\u2018 pledge<br \/>\n17:46 AfD in power \u2013 really?!<br \/>\n19:35 German stability?<br \/>\n21:30 \u201cWorst case\u201d is now<br \/>\n25:23 Coalition options<br \/>\n28:18 AfD in luck  <\/p>\n<p>LINKS<br \/>\nInterview with CDU\/CSU Chancellor Candidate Friedrich Merz  Germany&#8217;s Merz says he will not work with the far right if elected on Feb 23rd | DW News<br \/>\nMerz under Fire  German opposition leader Merz under fire after joint vote with AfD reaches majority | DW News<br \/>\nWhat is the AfD \u201cfirewall\u201d?<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/afd-firewall-germany-political-consensus-explained\/a-71457050 <\/p>\n<p>DW Berlin Briefing newsletter<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/berlinbriefing\/a-56770271 <\/p>\n<p>RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https:\/\/rss.dw.com\/xml\/podcast_Berlin_Briefing<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-election-2025\/t-70794502<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz just turned the election campaign on its head. 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