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Interview: Gabriel believes Merkel Coalition will end soon

Continuing with our audio interview series, Kai Dittmann interviewed Sigmar Gabriel who is a member of the German Bundestag. Currently, he serves as a John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at CES. In this short interview, he talks about the German state election and Angela Merkel’s potential step down from her party.

Gabriel has held several leading posts in the German government, most recently as Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017-2018) and Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2013-2018). He is also one of the longest-serving leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2009 to 2017.

You can listen to the audio interview here:

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