here's damien mcguinness in berlin. that's in part because of rising energy prices and a weakening globaldemand, which has made it difficult for many german manufacturers. but the worry is that that's now filtering into thejob market. consumers are spending less and saving more. and that's one reason, really, why the state of the economy is such a big topic in this election. and energy policies. that's why i'm almost certain that, no matter what the new government to create jobs again. i would really like to go more in, like, a social direction, - a more optimistic direction. more positive in any kind of way. is the favourite to be germany's next chancellor. but i think there's also a general consensus here in germany that the country also needs to invest in infrastructure and up spending on defence. so, the big question is how the next government wants what do firms need from the new government? across germany. dr klaus deutsch, welcome to the programme. if you talk to most people, they would have that image what changed 7 actually, the international environment changed, now, we have a s

let's speak to our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness. conference, obviously security already heightened in munich because of that and many world leaders will be there including the us vice president, but will it be ramped up further in light of this? , , . ramped up further in light of this? , . ., this? this is an annual event with, as _ this? this is an annual event with. as you _ this? this is an annual event with, as you say, _ this? this is an annual event with, as you say, global- with, as you say, global leaders and so security is already incredibly tight on the whole of the old town in the centre of munich is already, you couldn't get tighter security, so to be honest i don't think this attack, or suspected attack will have an impact on the munich security conference per se but it does have a broader impact on the political debate in germany right now because four weeks, really, the only thing germany has been talking about and politicians have been talking about in the run—up to the election is indeed security and we've seen a n

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