The Reinvention of Germany

Available for over a year

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent Germany, Europe’s strong, steady, dominant power, into convulsions. The physical war may be hundreds of miles away but its impact is omnipresent, not just in defence and foreign policy, but in politics, energy, the economy and the lives of people up and down the country. Anne McElvoy of Politico has been reporting on Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In this programme, she goes on a road trip in the North and East to explore why the Ukraine war of 2022 triggered a 'Zeitenwende' or turning point in Germany, how people feel about it, and where they see their country going next.