Young Vs Old? How a fight over pensions is shaking the German government | Berlin Briefing Podcast

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18 young conservative MPs have rebelled against the pension reform - threatening the coalition between conservatives and social democrats. Is this Friedrich Merz’s biggest stability test yet? DW’s Michaela Küfner, Nina Haase and Steven Beardsley break down the demographics, the economics, and the political drama behind Germany’s pension showdown. Chapters: 00:00 Young rebel MPs 02:02 Pension reform 04:15 Social Democrats 06:10 Merz’s dilemma 07:30 Minority government? 09:00 €500 billion in infrastructure 13:00 Demographics 10:00 Options 23:10 Bärbel Bas 24:10 Broken promises 27:10 Solutions? 39:41 Economic prognosis 30:15 Stability 38:10 End LINK: Conscription comeback: What's in the deal that affects Germany’s 18-year-olds https://youtu.be/zPJTABjTv-k?si=DuUb_8Zwer8sedPC DW Berlin Briefing on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics/id1775699172 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07Wp4c6w9qVIYmB7JIbFBZ RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https://rss.dw.com/xml/podcast_Berlin_Briefing For more news go to: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097 Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews/ ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://x.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish