Hi everyone and welcome. Today we will be discussing the changes within Germany and also the changing

role of Germany in the wider world. And to do so, I am joined by Alexander Mercuris and

Sevimd Dagdalen, a German politician, a member of the German Bundestag and also the author of a new book on NATO.

So, yeah, Savim Dag Delene, she was initially elected in Delinke, but then joined others who

broke away and joined this newly established political party with Sarawagenghtnacht and again which has in

less than a year now changed German politics so yes I believe that you're the perfect person

to speak with to really understand the changes in German politics so, thank you so much for coming on.

It's great to talk to you.

Thanks for having me, Alexander and Glenn.

And I hope I'm the, maybe not the perfect but adequate partner

to discuss the German and European policies.

Sure.

Well, I was thinking, well, my first question, I guess,

would be about the internal situation in Germany,

because as we know, Germany has kind of been the economic locomotive,

a source of stability to some extent within all of Europe.

And as outsiders, we often become a bit bewildered, especially over the past few years, about some of the instability, which appears to be occurring in Germany.

So I was wondering, how do you see this?

What is really behind all this social, economic and even political upheaval in Germany?

Well, it's quite disastrous. Let me put it in that way. The German economy is undergoing a very

heavy crisis and the situation is characterized by economic stagnation and among industrialized

countries Germany is and the statistics at the bottom of the table when it comes to economic

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