Mutti's Legacy - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

The latest episode of this international politics podcast focusses on the election of the new leader of the CDU, Armin Laschet, and discusses the legacy of outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The episode also takes a look at the upcoming Portuguese presidential election, and the latest developments in Italy as Giuseppe Conte hangs on to the premiership.  

A week on from Armin Laschet's victory in the CDU leadership election, Sam and Chern look at how he managed to clinch the top job and what this might mean for the politics of the CDU going forward. Attention now turns to who will be the centre-right's candidate for Chancellor in the September election, as Jens Spahn and Markus Söder posture for the nomination. How will this be decided, and who will be the best positioned to inherit Angela Merkel's role? As Merkel's 16-year tenure as Chancellor comes to an end, the episode also looks at her legacy within the CDU and German politics as a whole. What will be her biggest legacy? How will her handling of the migrant crisis be viewed by history? Is she personally responsible for the decline of the SPD?

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