{"id":298164,"date":"2025-11-22T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hidden-cost-of-germanys-aging-population-berlin-briefing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:05:13","slug":"the-hidden-cost-of-germanys-aging-population-berlin-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hidden-cost-of-germanys-aging-population-berlin-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden cost of Germany\u2019s aging population | Berlin Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jm2fR4pIJcE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The hidden cost of Germany\u2019s aging population | Berlin Briefing\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jm2fR4pIJcE\" 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>Watch the entire episode here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/IRkthMJmqP8<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/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>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. Watch the entire episode here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/IRkthMJmqP8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[128978,129040,131405],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-298164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-conservative","tag-have","tag-young"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The hidden cost of Germany\u2019s aging population | Berlin Briefing | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch The hidden cost of Germany\u2019s aging population | Berlin Briefing for free, here on News ISC. 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