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Germany’s new grand coalition received a lukewarm reception domestically, but across Europe it was widely hailed. So in this video, we’ll explain how the two parties came together, what their policies are and whether they could unite the EU going forward.

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Coalition Agreement
https://www.koalitionsvertrag2025.de/sites/www.koalitionsvertrag2025.de/files/koalitionsvertrag_2025.pdf 

CDU/SPD Coalition
https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-christian-democratic-union-social-democratic-party-coalition-talks/
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-friedrich-merz-coalition-deal-under-us-donald-trump-pressure/ 
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cdu-csu-and-spd-announce-coalition-government-deal/live-72180120
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2xxd4v6dzo 
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/09/germanys-new-government-is-blandly-reassuring
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/04/10/immigration-illegale-impots-bureaucratie-le-nouveau-chancelier-allemand-friedrich-merz-presente-son-accord-de-coalition_6593563_3210.html

Germany Opinion Polling
https://politpro.eu/en/germany/institute/ipsos 
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-far-right-afd-tops-poll-first-time-blow-chancellor-in-waiting-merz-2025-04-09/

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For most of the century, the US dollar has been the dominant currency. But Trump’s policies that upended global economic order has threaten to erode the dollar’s reserve status with the Euro looking like a potential candidate for the next reserve currency.

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Sources:International status of euro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_status_and_usage_of_the_euro

ECB policymakers promoting euro as an alternative
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-can-attract-those-who-seek-alternatives-to-the-u-s-dollar-lagarde-says/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20unlikely%20that%20the,chief%20strategist%20at%20BCA%20Research.

Dollar’s confidence crisis
https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/deutsche-bank-says-risk-dollar-confidence-crisis-2025-04-03/
https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/pimco-says-has-turned-bit-more-cautious-dollar-2025-04-02/
https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/dollar-slides-traders-rush-into-safe-havens-after-us-tariffs-2025-04-03/

US-Treasuries sell off
https://www.ft.com/content/0005e091-930d-46ff-9e81-8591704a9282

US stock market drop https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/how-can-trillions-just-disappear-what-you-may-not-know-about-the-stock-market/2zeoy1a67

EU debt revolution plan
https://www.dw.com/en/eurobonds-eu-plans-debt-revolution-to-finance-defense/a-71881746

German bonds rising
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-german-bonds-rise-as-us-treasury-yields-sell-off.html
https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/safe-european-home-scared-money-seeks-german-bunds-mike-dolan-2025-04-10/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/the-world-suddenly-has-a-plausible-alternative-to-us-treasuries?embedded-checkout=true

00:00 – Introduction
01:17 – Context
02:45 – Why it Looks Like the Dollar is Losing Reserve Status
04:05 – Can the Euro Replace the Dollar
07:12 – Sponsored Content

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