A foreign correspondent’s view: Is British democracy at risk?

In the first of a new series interviewing foreign correspondents based in Britain on their views on the country’s predicament, Europe Center senior fellow Ben Judah spoke to Annette Dittert, Senior Correspondent and Bureau Chief of Germany’s ARD, who is the author of a viral piece published in English in the New Statesman “The Politics of Lies” on covering what she sees as an erosion of the rule of law.

Is the situation similar to that of Poland and Hungary a decade ago? What makes Johnson’s ” the politics of lies?” And how does this shape Britain’s image in Germany and Europe more widely?

You can watch #BritainDebrief on YouTube and as a podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

MEET THE #BRITAINDEBRIEF HOST