In May 6 last year, Friedrich Merz was elected chancelor in Germany, after more than 30 years in politics. One year in, what can we make of his record so far?

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Briefed is taking a break this week.

In the meantime, I’m bringing you a German-themed segment featuring one of Europod’s award-winning series: My Question to Angela Merkel. Follow Emilia, a young journalist, as she searches for the perfect question to ask Angela Merkel before she leaves office.

For this final episode of the week, I’m bringing you episode 9 of the series, which looks at the opportunity Angela Merkel had to become the new leader of the free world after Barack Obama left office in the United States.

Briefed will be back on Monday with a special episode on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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Briefed is taking a break this week.

In the meantime, I’m bringing you a German-themed segment featuring one of Europod’s award-winning series: My Question to Angela Merkel.

Follow Emilia, a young journalist, as she searches for the perfect question to ask Angela Merkel before she leaves office.

In this episode, Emilia looks back at Angela Merkel’s decision to welcome refugees to Germany in 2015.

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Briefed is taking a break this week.

In the meantime, I’m bringing you a German-themed segment featuring one of Europod’s award-winning series: My Question to Angela Merkel. Follow Emilia, a young journalist, as she searches for the perfect question to ask Angela Merkel before she leaves office. In this episode, we look back at the EU’s response to the Greek debt crisis, with testimonies from Jean-Claude Juncker, Alexis Tsipras, and François Hollande.

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Briefed is taking a break this week.

In the meantime, I’m bringing you a German-themed segment featuring one of Europod’s award-winning series: My Question to Angela Merkel. Follow Emilia, a young journalist, as she searches for the perfect question to ask Angela Merkel before she leaves office. Today, I’m bringing you episode 6 of the series, which looks at Angela Merkel’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. You’ll hear, in particular, from former President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, and former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

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Briefed is taking a break this week.

In the meantime, I’m bringing you a German-themed segment featuring one of Europod’s award-winning series: My Question to Angela Merkel.

Follow Emilia, a young journalist, as she searches for the perfect question to ask Angela Merkel before she leaves office.

For today, I’ve chosen episode 5 of the series, which looks at the early days of Angela Merkel’s time as chancellor, as well as Germany’s rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, and the Lisbon Treaty.

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The EU has formally relaunched contact with Syria after years of frozen relations. But what does it mean for Syrians in Europe? What will be the impact on those who have sought refuge in Europe over the last two decades?

Production: By Europod in co-production with the Sphera Network.

This episode is based on an article published on Popaganda and is co-written with Hélène Pillon from Médianes.

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The EU firmly believes that the answer to the energy crisis is in the transition to clean energies. But what does the Commission propose to ease the pressure on Europeans in the short term?

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