Germany is starting a new era without Chancellor Angela Merkel as she steps down after 16 years of leadership. So, what's next for the country? And how will her successors take on the challenges facing Germany and the European Union?

Join host Hazem Sika.

With guests:

Ulrich Brueckner - Professor of Political Science at Stanford University in Berlin. 

Rebecca Christie - Non-resident Fellow at the independent think tank Bruegel. 

Matt Qvortrup - Chair of Applied Political Science at Coventry University.