BBC World Service about Germany and the US

VON Dr. Wolf SiegertZUM Mittwoch Letzte Bearbeitung: 18. November 2020 um 20 Uhr 16 Minutenzum Post-Scriptum

 

10:06 (CET +1) The Compass [1]. Can Germany Save the World? Building a post-Covid society

Can Germany Save the World?: Building a post-Covid society
Es gelten die Regeln des Urheberrechts BBC World Service/The Compass (2020)

As governments around the world rethink their economies and societies after Covid, addressing the environment, towns and cities and the way we live, is it possible that Germany is closer to finding the answers?

In this programme, John Kampfner looks at where they’re getting it right, and where they are going wrong. The contradictions are many. Why is a country with one of the most powerful and longest-established green parties struggling to meet its climate emissions targets? Given their strength in engineering and science, why have they fallen behind on some of the basics of tech? And in spite of the emphasis on social responsibility, why have there been so many high-profile corporate scandals?

There’s another curiosity. It’s sometimes called ’entschleunigung’ - work-life balance. But it’s more than that. Germans have generally shunned what they see as the sharp-elbowed culture of the Anglo-Saxon world. Where else would the disused Tempelhof airport in the centre of Berlin be kept for the enjoyment of local roller-bladers, cyclists and walkers rather than be developed into real estate? And what other capital city is toying with the possibility of giant property companies being forced to hand back private apartments to the state? Could this more eccentric form of communal capitalism present a model for the future?

10:32 (CET +1) The Documentary. The five-day election.

Philippa Thomas hears from voters across the United States on the agony and ecstasy of waiting for results of the unusually protracted presidential election.

P.S.

Nach wie vor widerspricht der Präsident der USA...

... nicht nur den vorliegenden Erklärungen

... sondern lässt seinen Worten Taten folgen, feuert den dafür Verantwortlichen:

Anmerkungen

[1Die ist der zweite Beitrag in dieser "Can Germany Save the World?" Serie: Der erste lautetet: Mutti and her crisis management

A year ago, many Germans were dismissing Angela Merkel as beyond her sell-by date. Her motto, "langsam aber sicher" (slow but sure), was seen as outdated. Covid has transformed that. It is not that she has particularly changed, it is just that the world has come to respect traits that had previously been derided. Germany has now dealt with three crises with extraordinary agility – from unification 30 years ago, to the influx of a million refugees in 2015 and now the pandemic.

John Kampfner looks at these crises and how Germany and Merkel have responded to them. Through the experiences of people across the country, he finds that there is much that can be learned from the way Germany faces its challenges. Is Angela Merkel’s true strength as Germany’s Chancellor her ability to handle a crisis?


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