{"id":297904,"date":"2025-11-21T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/young-vs-old-how-a-fight-over-pensions-is-shaking-the-german-government-berlin-briefing-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:05:38","slug":"young-vs-old-how-a-fight-over-pensions-is-shaking-the-german-government-berlin-briefing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/young-vs-old-how-a-fight-over-pensions-is-shaking-the-german-government-berlin-briefing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Vs Old? How a fight over pensions is shaking the German government | Berlin Briefing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IRkthMJmqP8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Young Vs Old? How a fight over pensions is shaking the German government | Berlin Briefing Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IRkthMJmqP8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>18 young conservative MPs have rebelled against the pension reform &#8211; threatening the coalition between conservatives and social democrats. Is this Friedrich Merz\u2019s biggest stability test yet? DW\u2019s Michaela K\u00fcfner, Nina Haase and Steven Beardsley break down the demographics, the economics, and the political drama behind Germany\u2019s pension showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Young rebel MPs<br \/>\n02:02 Pension reform<br \/>\n04:15 Social Democrats<br \/>\n06:10 Merz\u2019s dilemma<br \/>\n07:30 Minority government?<br \/>\n09:00 \u20ac500 billion in infrastructure<br \/>\n13:00 Demographics<br \/>\n10:00 Options<br \/>\n23:10 B\u00e4rbel Bas<br \/>\n24:10 Broken promises<br \/>\n27:10 Solutions?<br \/>\n39:41 Economic prognosis<br \/>\n30:15 Stability<br \/>\n38:10 End<\/p>\n<p>LINK:<br \/>\nConscription comeback: What&#8217;s in the deal that affects Germany\u2019s 18-year-olds https:\/\/youtu.be\/zPJTABjTv-k?si=DuUb_8Zwer8sedPC<\/p>\n<p>DW Berlin Briefing on<br \/>\nApple Podcasts: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics\/id1775699172<br \/>\nSpotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/07Wp4c6w9qVIYmB7JIbFBZ<\/p>\n<p>RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https:\/\/rss.dw.com\/xml\/podcast_Berlin_Briefing<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/top-stories\/s-9097<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media: \u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews\/ \u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews \u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/ \u25baTwitter: https:\/\/x.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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 young conservative MPs have rebelled against the pension reform &#8211; threatening the coalition between conservatives and social democrats. 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