anna devs is a government reporter for bloomberg news based here in berlin. valerie. june is a journalist and editor at the berlin bureau of the german newspaper. and kaa hoa is a researcher at the king's college in london and author of the best selling book beyond the wall about the former german democratic republic to all of you. very warm welcome as well. and thank you for being with us. valerie. i'd like to start with you. most of our viewers are not in germany and might be wondering why we're even having this discussion. how would you describe this sensation, this feeling in germany that things are not going well? i feel like discussion. how would you describe this sensation, this feeling in when the war started the russia ukraine war started on february 24th, 2022. basicacally germany was right at the center almost immediately because of the energy crisis that followed germany was heavily dependent on russian gas. and that sort of became the country's defining moment of a downward spiral that was heavily dependent on russian gas. and that sort of we're watching