{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66435f391ec45a00127feb2f/67fd4f156f64005bd5d06600?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is Friedrich Merz more popular in Brussels than in Berlin?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66435f391ec45a00127feb2f/1744713020050-05b6cbb3-fb80-4219-9ea3-78cde8d96bda.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Is Friedrich Merz, the upcoming German Chancellor, less popular in Germany than in Brussels? Has he yielded too much power to the social-democrats?</p><p>Today Radio Schuman answers these questions together with Euronews German correspondent Liv Stroud.</p><p>Merz has proposed a constitutional change to increase government spending on infrastructure and the military. This, along with a more cautious approach to migration and conscription in the coalition agreement, has angered many within his party.</p><p>Today Radio Schuman also brings you the latest European Union report on climate change and the most peculiar things found in lost luggage.</p><p><em>Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Eleonora Vasques, audio editing by David Brodheim. Music by Alexandre Jas.</em></p>","author_name":"Euronews"}