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Studio Europa Maastricht - “Berlin will be more strict than before”: Why Germany’s new political reality is a European problem
The latest state elections in Germany are raising questions well beyond the country’s borders. The AfD’s strong result in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the changing political balance in Berlin come at a crucial moment for the European Union, as member states negotiate the bloc’s next long-term budget. With Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s position weakened at home, what could Germany’s changing political landscape mean for Europe and for the future of Franco-German relations?In collaboration with Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam (DIA), Studio Europa explores these questions in a series of expert interviews. We spoke with Hanco Jürgens, a research fellow at DIA and a fellow of the Montesquieu Institute in The Hague, about the implications of Germany’s latest elections.