Gerhard Matzig: Auferstehen aus Ruinen

In the organizer's words:

Why Germany is falling apart - and how we can become sustainable again. The author in conversation with Yasmine M`Barek.

Germany's infrastructure and houses are crumbling. Germany is losing competitiveness and failing to meet its climate targets. Germany is drowning and Germany is overheating.

Germany's built environment is getting on in years and many parts of it are not fit for the future. Gerhard Matzig, features editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, explains why this is the case and what we must and can do to upgrade or rebuild the country, its roads, factories, residential buildings and dykes. He settles accounts with the failed policies of all parties over 35 years. He sets out what needs to be done now, what it will cost and how it should be tackled in this knowledgeable and clear pamphlet.

Gerhard Matzig, born in 1963, studied architecture and political science in Passau and Munich. After his traineeship at the Passauer Neue Presse, he published numerous books and worked as a freelancer for newspapers and magazines. He has been an editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung since 1997. Gerhard Matzig has received numerous awards for his articles on architecture, urban planning and design. He is married, has three children and lives in Munich.

Yasmine M'Barek is a journalist and author. She graduated from the Cologne School of Journalism for Politics and Economics and is an editor and author at DIE ZEIT. In 2020, she was voted one of the "Top 30 under 30" journalists by "Medium Magazin". Yasmine is a regular guest on political TV talk shows and hosts the ZEIT podcast "Honest now?", for which she interviews top German politicians.

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