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policy—making principle — putting business first, not military power — well, suddenly it looked like weakness. chancellor olaf scholz promised dramatic change. my guest is state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so, has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. well, its great to be here. lets start with the war in ukraine. i think theres no doubt that putins invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to sa...

my guest is state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so, has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. well, its great to be here. lets start with the war in ukraine. i think theres no doubt that putins invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i dont think so. but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our economic model was based on the assumption that we woul...

About whether it was destabilising germany, and my answer is clearly no. we here in berlin, wejust overcame a very difficult winter. we were able in record time to substitute for russian gas and oil, especially oil. we have been, if you are familiar with german politics and the way decision—making is quite a complicated business here, we have been able to build the first lng terminal. so, yes, we have the chancellors speech about zeitenwende indicating a fundamental shift in many policy fields...

Given those two elements, germany is still trying to figure out where to go. yeah, but you asked me about whether it was destabilising germany, and my answer is clearly no. we here in berlin, wejust overcame a very difficult winter. we were able in record time to substitute for russian gas and oil, especially oil. we have been, if you are familiar with german politics and the way decision—making is quite a complicated business here, we have been able to build the first lng terminal. so, yes, w...

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