Germany, Italy, Coalitions and Vaccines

David Runciman, Helen Thompson, Hans Kundnani and Lucia Rubinelli

The latest episode of Talking Politics looks at change in two European countries: Germany, as it starts to imagine life beyond Merkel, and Italy, after the resignation of the prime minister. Would Armin Laschet as Chancellor mean business as usual? Can Conte cobble together a new government? Where are the biggest challenges to the established order coming from? The episode also considers the new politics of vaccine nationalism.

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