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Update Germany

#29: How broken is Germany?

This week, I interviewed Chris Reiter, the co-author of Broken Republik

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Maurice Frank
May 17, 2026
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Decommissioned steel mill in Dortmund" by Polybert49, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Berlin-based journalist Chris Reiter is co-author of the 2025 book Broken Republik: The Inside Story of Germany’s Descent into Crisis, which he penned with fellow journalist Will Wilkes.

A year later, a paperback edition has come out, with a new section on Merz’s first year as chancellor…

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