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Stuck between Trump and Putin: Can Germany's Merz lead? | Berlin Briefing Podcast

So, Donald Trump let Friedrich Merz’s diplomatic debut over Ukraine fall flat. Instead of the unconditional 30-day ceasefire EU leaders had agreed on with the US President, Trump came out of his call with Putin having merely agreed talks towards a ceasefire. Merz went straight for taking political risks with Trump – and lost his gamble. Can he recover and still unite Europe behind a route towards ending the Ukraine War? DW’s Chief Political Editor gets the analysis from Reuters Chief Reporter Andreas Rinke and DGAP think tanker Aylin Matlé. There is path that involves more sanctions – but there are no easy options. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Trump/Putin Phone Call 02:58 Failed Russia/Ukraine peace talks 05:32 Does Trump have a strategy towards Russia? 07:03 The "Alliance of the Willing" 08:06 Sanctions against Russia 11:51 How united is Europe? 15:55 First two weeks of Merz’s chancellorship 17:39 5% GDP for Defense Spending? 23:43 “Zeitenwende” 31:10 Predictions 34:08 Outro #Germany #Ukraine #BerlinBriefing DW Berlin Briefing on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07Wp4c6... RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https://rss.dw.com/xml/podcast_Berlin... For more news go to: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097 Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram:   / dwnews   ►TikTok:   / dwnews   ►Facebook:   / deutschewellenews   ►Twitter: https://x.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie:    / dwdeutsch   Subscribe:    / deutschewelleenglish