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Olaf Scholz - Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, Germany

Stephen Sackur speaks to Olaf Scholz, Germany's vice chancellor and finance minister, about the future of the German economy in the context of Brexit and growing US-China tension.

Stephen Sackur is in Berlin for an exclusive interview with Germany's vice chancellor and finance minister Olaf Scholz. Thirty years after unification Germany is Europe's economic powerhouse, but could it be running out of gas? Growth is down, so are exports. Critics point to an economy dangerously reliant on the technologies of the past, rather than the future. Amid Brexit tensions, and economic nationalism in the US and China, does Germany need to reboot its economic model?

30 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestOlaf Scholz

Broadcasts

  • Thu 18 Apr 201901:30GMT
  • Thu 18 Apr 201903:30GMT
  • Thu 18 Apr 201923:30GMT
  • Fri 19 Apr 201901:30GMT
  • Fri 19 Apr 201903:30GMT
  • Sat 20 Apr 201920:10GMT
  • Mon 22 Apr 201903:05GMT
  • Wed 24 Apr 201906:30GMT