Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Germany's government hasn't actually collapsed. But it is in real trouble.

Chapters:
00:00 Don't panic
00:45 How a parliamentary democracy works
01:51 The stalemate
02:30 The debt brake
03:46 Frustrated reforms
04:33 Not the end of the coalition. Oh, wait -- it is.
05:22 The vote of confidence
05:54 Support from the opposition?
06:33 The transport minister


Music:

"Dead Reckoning (Sting)"
by Ethan Meixsell
YouTube Audio Library

"Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attribution licence

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