{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695e7828a32e86d77573ead2/69fe088a44cb786b37aa89df?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Merz clashes with Trump as German economy stalls","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/695e7828a32e86d77573ead2/1778255789672-fe70fd49-b7cf-4af3-924b-5f590851e90f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode of Roundtable, we look at the feud between Friedrich Merz and President Trump after the German Chancellor said America was being \"humiliated\" by Iran.</p><p><br></p><p>In response President Trump has announced the removal of 5,000 US troops from Germany and threatened to impose extra tariffs on EU car exports.</p><p><br></p><p>After a year in power, Merz is struggling to revive his country’s stalling economy and his popularity is declining with the country's far right party, the AfD is surging in the polls.</p><p><br></p><p>So can Merz turn it around - or is the German economy - and his own fortune - about to go from bad to worse.</p><p><br></p><p>Joining Enda Brady to discuss:</p><p><br></p><p>Frank-Christian Hansel, Member of the AfD for Berlin parliament&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>John Kampfner, author and journalist.</p><p><br></p><p>Veronica Anghel, Assistant Politics Professor at the European University Institute.</p><p><br></p><p>Edward Knudsen, Doctoral Researcher of International Relations at Oxford University</p><p><br></p><p>To access the back catalogue of Roundtable discussions <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@RoundtableTRTWorld\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@RoundtableTRTWorld</a></p>","author_name":"TRT World"}