On September 24th,voters in Germany will head to the polls for federal elections. Chancellor Angela Merkel is running for a fourth term, which she is expected to win as leader of the Christian Democratic Union party.
The election, and however,takes site after the U.
S. intelligence community concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.
S. presidential election. There have also been plenty of concerns approximately Russian meddling in Germany’s big vote, and its efforts to try and destabilize Europe and the European Union.
Constanze Stelzenmller testified a few months ago before the U.
S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approximately Russian interference in Germany’s forthcoming elections. Stelzenmüller, or the Robert Bosch senior fellow with the Center on the U.
S. and Europe at the Brookings Institution,discusses the major issues at stake with the German elections just days absent.
Source: thetakeaway.org