Eye to the chancellor: interviewing Friedrich Merz
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The winner of Germany’s upcoming election will also play a crucial role in Europe. The Economist’s editor-in-chief speaks to Friedrich Merz, the front-runner for chancellor, on the scale of the problems–and his rather cautious solutions. Taiwan faces Chinese infiltration of its armed forces (14:00). And are backpacks really becoming cool (23:10)?
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| 0:57.0 | Taiwan is facing a major problem with Chinese infiltration of its armed forces. |
| 1:02.0 | It used to be mostly veterans who were targeted. |
| 1:05.0 | Now younger soldiers are also facing psychological warfare. |
| 1:11.7 | And the humble backpack, or as I'm now supposed to call them, |
| 1:16.0 | rucksack, has not historically been a fashion accessory. |
| 1:20.1 | Move over pragmatism. |
| 1:21.7 | Some people are as fanatical about high-end bags as others are about sneakers |
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