BBCNEWS HARDtalk July 6, 2024
chancellor olaf scholz promised dramatic change. my guest is the state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. it is great to be here. let's start with the war in ukraine. i think there is no doubt that putin's invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i don't think so but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our economic model was based on the assumption that we would continue using cheap russian natural gas and i...