Listening to BBC Radio 4 Briefing Room with @DAaronovitch explaining the German Grüne and why Baerbock is Chancellor candidate. It interviews @fazbub and @chantalS_T. It has some interesting background, but I'm not sure it really explains what's going on
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It makes the case the rise of the Grüne was a sort of counterweight to the rise of the AfD in 2015-2017. That's not really right I think. The programme doesn't really explain the headaches of other parties that help the Grüne.
Also I am not sure you can understand what the Grüne could do without asking where they'd manage to get agreement with coalition partners.
@SophiaBesch talking on foreign policy at the end of the programme is the clearest of the speakers.
@SophiaBesch talking on foreign policy at the end of the programme is the clearest of the speakers.
And then @jeremycliffe is the final guest, explaining coalition options. This might have been best at the start of the programme.
Why I wonder did they not ask a Grüne politician to speak? Someone like @fbrantner for example.
Why I wonder did they not ask a Grüne politician to speak? Someone like @fbrantner for example.
Overall: if you listen to the whole thing it's good. The end part provides all the context, which makes understanding the earlier parts easier (if you're not a German politics nerd).
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