Constanze Stelzenmüller, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, joined us to discuss the key figures in Germany's upcoming elections and what these elections will mean for the future of Germany's role in the EU as well as the transatlantic relationship.

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