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The Intelligence from The Economist

Like biding a Reich: Germany’s alleged coup plot

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Daily News, Global News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Raids across the country netted 25 far-right extremists suspected of trying to overthrow the government. We look into what is known about a hare-brained plan to dissolve the republic and restore a king. Spates of spontaneous violence in Chicago reveal the unintended consequences of America’s organised-crime crackdown. And why Indonesia’s clerics are taking up environmentalist causes.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence, from the Economist, in London, I'm Jason Palmer.

0:08.6

And in New York, I'm John Fassler.

0:11.6

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:18.6

In the city of Chicago, violence is all too familiar, but the nature of it is changing.

0:24.2

It's grown more unpredictable.

0:26.7

It seems that a law designed to tackle the upper echelons of mafia operations has made

0:31.5

things more chaotic and deadly at street level.

0:36.5

And climate change is already affecting Indonesia, even as coal and palm oil continue to prop

0:40.8

up the economy.

0:42.1

So who's flying the flag for environmentalism?

0:44.8

The country's trusted Muslim clerics, and they're making plenty of progress.

0:55.8

Stop though.

1:04.0

Germany is in shock following revelations of an alleged plot to storm the Bundestag and

1:09.0

overthrow the government.

1:15.6

Yesterday police carried out dawn raids, locations across the country.

1:25.4

There was a far-right group were marched out of houses and into waiting cars and helicopters.

1:30.4

By the end of the morning, 25 people had been taken into custody.

1:46.0

The country's interior ministers had the suspects founded the organization on the fantasy

1:50.2

of a coup d'état.

1:52.6

They include figures from German aristocracy, the military, and even a former member of

1:57.8

parliament.

2:01.8

Prosecutors say the group plan to enter that same parliament by force.

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