Daily: Life after Mutti? GERMANY’s post-Merkel future

<p>After an initial COVID response that was lauded as an example to the world, <strong>Germany</strong> has experienced an unexpectedly harsh second wave. What will that mean for the twilight of the Merkel Era? Is Germany’s strange opposition coalition of libertarians, alt.rightists and anti-vaxxers just fringe politics or something more serious? And what comes after Merkel? The Economist’s Berlin bureau chief <strong>Tom Nuttall</strong> explains all to Justin Quirk.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“<em>When the COVID numbers are totted up, Germany will still turn out to be one of the places in Europe where you wanted to be”</em></li><li><em>“When the pandemic hit, support for Merkel’s Christian Democrats shot up.”</em></li><li><em>“The Green Party in Germany really wants power. It craves it. And it’s positioned itself very much as a centrist party.”</em></li><li><em>“The big question is, how big is the Merkel Bonus for the CDU?”</em></li></ul><p><em>Presented by Justin Quirk. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>