The Germans see this as the end of their golden age.

And I think that there isn't quite a lot at stake.

Whoever is going to replace her is going to probably uphold the status quo.

But that's what is kind of at stake here.

And that's what makes this election so important.

Under Merkel, Germany has really become a political and economic powerhouse

to the point where there's requests now for more German leadership.

This is Sarah and Beth, your listening to Pantsy Politics, the home of Graceville political

conversations.

Hello everyone.

Welcome to another episode of Pantsy Politics.

On today's episode, we're going to talk about Congress's very busy week.

We're going to talk about the German elections that took place over the weekend.

And if you haven't already listened to our Friday episode, five things you need to know

about parliamentary systems, it will give you a great base of knowledge going into this

main conversation today.

And then of course, finally, outside of politics, we're going to talk about a great article

in ring theory.

So stay tuned for that.

Speaking of five things you need to know, we have another one of those episodes that might

be valuable as you come into today's episode before we talk about Congress's busy week,

which includes the debt ceiling and government funding.

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