DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics
Hosted by Michaela Küfner and Nina Haase and Max Hofmann and Matthew Moore · DW
5.0from 22 ratings
- 107
- Episodes
- 45
- Transcribed
- 22
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics
Berlin Briefing has been named Best Political Podcast 2026 by the Podcast Publisher Awards - thank you! Every week we break down how events like Russia's war in Ukraine and European security shifts are shaping Germany - and the world. Whether you’re a student, journalist, or policymaker, hosts Nina Haase, Michaela Küfner, and Max Hofmann and their guests deliver the insights you need to understand where Germany is headed and why it matters, with a hint of Berlin's distinct energy. Subscribe to our newsletter: dw.com/berlinbriefing. Leave us a comment here: newsletter@dw.com. Or find us on YouTube @dwnews and X @dw_politics.
- Publisher
- DW
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Oct 2024
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
45 of 107 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Germany's great divide: Is Friedrich Merz losing the center?
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Germany's security gamble: More than an arms deal?
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
AfD and Russia: Why Saxony-Anhalt matters for Germany
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Germany's great divide: Is Friedrich Merz losing the center?
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And if you look at the young people. they're just not voting for those traditional center parties anymore. I mean, that's the real thing. If only young people voted, then both the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats would be out of the parliaments. That's just a fact, right? Yeah, they're both appealing mainly to 60 plus, the 60 plus generation. So they really have no future right now. They need to get their future back somehow. After Saxony Anhalt, both parties that are currently forming the coalition that's governing the country, Germany, had to do a lot of soul searching and pressure was piling up on Friedrich Metz, the German chancellor personally, because many people are holding him... […]
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- Ines Pohl
- Teri Schultz
- Roman Goncharenko
- Sven Schulze
- Roland Abold
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Michaela Küfner and Nina Haase and Max Hofmann and Matthew Moore host the show. Published by DW.
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