{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/678792b08dffa24d83c83ffd/67a485f03eadb4f808269b48?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Euroscepticism in Germany: Normalisation or radicalisation?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/678792b08dffa24d83c83ffd/1738835340411-5919b6ac-1cd8-4b24-8fdf-9982c3bd050e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, hosts <strong>Jeremy Cliffe</strong> and <strong>Jana Puglierin</strong> discuss German election campaign frontrunner Friedrich Merz's bid to win Bundestag votes on migration with support from the far-right AfD. Political scientist <strong>Marcel Lewandowsky</strong>&nbsp;joins the podcast to discuss the apparent rise of Euroscepticism in Germany: does Merz's gambit mean his CDU envisions a more unilateral Germany in Europe? What’s behind the rise of the AfD and the anti-establishment BSW? And is Germany's turn towards forms of Euroscepticism part of a wider European trend—or a distinct (and distinctly alarming) phenomenon?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Guests:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Marcel Lewandowsky, </strong>lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and author of the 2024 book <em>Was Populisten Wollen</em>&nbsp;(What Populists Want).</p>","author_name":"European Council on Foreign Relations"}