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News: Simon Bein appears as a guest on Kohlhammer Verlag’s podcast series “Wissen wirkt”

A test for German democracy: What can we learn from our neighbours?

16 June 2026, by Simon Bein

Professor Simon Bein was a guest on the podcast series “Wissen wirkt” by Kohlhammer Verlag, where current challenges facing German democracy are discussed under the title “Bewährungsprobe”. This episode focuses on Europe, examining European democracies and comparing the various crises, challenges and strategies for tackling them. Various links to the episode can be found here: https://shop.kohlhammer.de/podcast#bewahrungsprobe (external link, opens in a new window).

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