Constanze Stelzenmüller, senior fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, discusses the results of the German election, which resulted in Angela Merkel being elected for a fourth term as chancellor and a far-right nationalist party being voted into the federal legislature for the first time in over a century.
Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to [email protected], and follow us and tweet us at @policypodcasts on Twitter.
Related Content
France
What to expect from Macron’s visit to the U.S.
Germany
After the election, Germany’s democracy faces its hardest test since 1949
European Union
On the UK general election
Related Books
Campaigns & Elections
The 1996 Russian Presidential Election
Europe
The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age
U.S. Government & Politics
Des Démocrates en Amérique: L’heure des choix face à Trump
Authors
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Director
- Center on the United States and Europe,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe,
Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations
@ConStelz
Commentary
PodcastMerkel wins, far right gains: What happened in Germany’s elections?
September 25, 2017