In Searching for Deutschland’s last pre-election episode, hosts Jeremy Cliffe and Jana Puglierin review the Munich Security Conference, the US-Russia talks on Ukraine, and what the new era in transatlantic relations means for Germany and its next government. They also look ahead to Germany's polling day on 23rd February, before Moritz Gathmann and Gustav Gressel join them to discuss German support for Ukraine in the face of an unfavourable Trump-Putin deal—and how this intersects with domestic politics.

Find ECFR’s polling report on European views of their continent and the world in the new Trump era, co-authored by Jana Puglierin, here.

Find Jeremy Cliffe's commentary on Germany's “ominous” election campaign here.

Listeners can sign up for a live webinar reviewing the election results on the morning after Germany’s polling day here.

Guests:

Moritz Gathmann is a reporter for the German news magazine Stern and has reported widely on the US, Russia and German foreign policy.

Gustav Gressel is an ECFR alumnus and former senior policy fellow. He is an expert on Russia, eastern Europe and defence policy.

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