Germany’s Bundesrat approves historic spending plan

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  You're listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on 21st March 2025 on Monocle Radio.

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  Hello there and a warm welcome to the Briefing coming to you live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.

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  I'm Emma Nelson.

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  And coming up on today's program, Germany takes its final step to raise the debt.

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  Ceil will examine the biggest fiscal expansion in the country's post war history.

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  Also ahead in the next 30 minutes, Heathrow is closed.

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  It's such a significant asset in the UK not just because of all the passengers that go through it,

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  but because of cargo that goes through it.

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  Well,

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  look at what happens to global travel when one of the top five busiest airports in the world shuts its runways because of a fire in a nearby substation.

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  We'll also hear the latest in the continuing decline in relations between the US And South Africa as as a South African ambassador to Washington prepares to leave.

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  And Carlotta Rebello is here with the latest urbanism news.

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  Welcome, Carlotta.

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  Hi, Emma.

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  Yes, from the British Library's expansion to New York, ditching the MetroCard,

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  there's plenty to discuss in the urbanism world,

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  including why people should be allowed to have fun in their cities.

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  We look forward to that.

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  Thank you so much.

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  That's all coming up right here on the Briefing with me, Emma Nelson.

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