The Sunday Debate: Angela Merkel is Destroying Europe

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🗓️ 24 July 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this archive listen from 2013, we explore the global political impact of a leader whose legacy and influence is still being questioned today: Angela Merkel. As with any leader, a legacy isn't set in stone and as the dust settles on Merkel’s chancellorship, which spanned from 2005 to 2021, questions are being asked about decisions she made during her time in power. Most pertinent today, with the arrival of war in Ukraine, is Germany's accommodating trade relationship with Russia. But there were dissenting voices on Merkel’s leadership back in 2013. Amid the fallout of the financial crisis, Germany found itself as the key central player holding the fates of less buoyant European economies such as Greece and Portugal in its hands. Many in those countries felt that Merkel's hardline approach to fiscal measures, essentially holding the purse strings for much of Europe, was crippling their own nations. So we debated the motion: Angela Merkel is Destroying Europe. Hosting the the debate was former BBC World News broadcaster Nik Gowing, joined by journalists Mehdi Hasan and Christine Ockrent. Plus, historian Antony Beevor and Greek politician Euclid Tsakalotos. — We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to [email protected] or Tweet us @intelligence2. And if you’d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared.. Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.0	Welcome to Intelligent Squared. I'm Connor Boyle. It's the Sunday debate and this week
1:23.0	an archive lesson from 2013 when we explore the global political impact of a leader whose
1:28.7	influence and legacy is still being questioned today. Angela Merkel.
1:33.8	Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel status as one of the giants of early 21st century
1:38.5	politics is assured. She led the nation for 16 years from 2005 to 2021, tackling some
1:45.8	of the country's biggest issues from the refugee crisis to the global pandemic. But as
1:50.8	with any leader, a legacy is not set in stone. And as the dust settles, there are still
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