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Talking Business

02/02/2024

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Latin America

Available for 3 months

How can Germany's economy get growing again? Europe's powerhouse shrank last year and is on course for a recession, but why is it struggling so much?

Amid growing discontent on the streets the chief economist at the Federation of German Industries, Klaus Gunter Deutsch, explains the problems caused by weak consumer spending and exports to the rest of the world.

Meanwhile the chairwoman of the German Startup Association, Verena Pausder, explores why younger generations are the hope Europe's biggest economy needs.

Plus, Aaron Heslehurst also hears from Christian Klein CEO of software giant SAP, which is Germany's valuable company, about his concerns over the rise of the far right and why he thinks technology could get the economy growing again. Show less

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