3 Feb 2025

Europe correspondent Thomas Sparrow in Germany

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 3 February 2025
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For the first time in postwar German history, a motion in parliament was passed with the help of the far-right party AfD.

The motion was presented by the conservative opposition CDU and its leader, Friedrich Merz, who is the most likely candidate to become Germany's next chancellor

Thomas Sparrow reports on Germany being just weeks away from the polls, a bleak economic outlook, and a debate about remembrance and historical responsibility after world leaders gathered at the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation.