Germany and Iceland: Let the Talking Begin - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week's episode looks back at the results of two elections held last weekend in Europe – Iceland’s parliamentary elections and the highly-anticipated federal election in Germany. In Iceland, the incumbent government increased their majority, but the party of Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir slipped backwards. Will she remain Prime Minister? Why did the Progressive Party manage to advance so significantly? And is the Social Democratic Alliance ever going to be able to recover after yet another disappointing set of results?

In Germany, after initial exit polls projected a virtual tie, Olaf Scholz’s SPD ticket looks to have narrowly edged the race to succeed Angela Merkel as Chancellor, but lengthy coalition negotiations await. Is the traffic light coalition the most likely option and will Merkel still be Chancellor at Christmas? Why did Armin Laschet’s CDU ticket lose so many of its constituency seats? And as the Left so narrowly acquires compensation seats, why did their support collapse so significantly? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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