Broken Republik

For many years, the post-war recovery of Germany was an inspirational story; all of Europe looked on with admiration and envy as the nation rebuilt itself and set the standards for the rest to follow. Companies such as Mercedes Benz, Siemens and Bayer were global titans, while the nation's political leaders were respected around the world.
But now the picture has become clouded. The scandalous revelations of Volkswagen's emissions fraud tainted its industrial reputation; after a tsunami hit the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Germany became dangerously reliant on Russia for its fuel; and the nation's decades-long political consensus began to break down with the rise of the far-right AfD party.
Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes tell the compelling story of how it all went wrong. As vital elections loom in 2025, Broken Republik is an essential snapshot of a nation at a crossroads that has huge implications for us all.

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Chris Reiter is a senior editor in Berlin, reporting on issues that intersect between business, energy, technology and politics. He grew up in the US, but settled in Germany in 1999. Reiter has a Masters degree in Social and Political Thought from the University of Warwick and a degree in International Studies from The American University in Washington, DC. Will Wilkes has lived in Germany as a student, teacher and now journalist. He studied modern foreign languages at UCL and Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome. Often visiting the commanding heights of industry in West German cities, he is a Frankfurt-based reporter covering some of Germany's biggest corporations.