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Full episode 26.03.10 | 00:30 - 01:00 UTC

People and Politics - The Political Magazine

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People and Politics - The Political Magazine

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The Health Minister and the Pharmaceuticals Industry - Rösler Wants to Cut the Cost of Medicine

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The Allensbach Report - What Germans Think

What's Germany thinking about? - A Handbook on Germany: What do Germans think of their politicians, how do they feel about the war in Afghanistan, and what are their thoughts on German reunification? A team at the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research has spent 6 years finding out the answers and has now published them in a 900-page report....and it contains quite a few surprises.

In other reports this week, the German health minister takes on the pharmaceuticals industry, we take a look at the urban planning project Stuttgart 21 and we find out more about preventative detention.

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The Health Minister and the Pharmaceuticals Industry - Rösler Wants to Cut the Cost of Medicine

Health minister Philipp Rösler is determined to reduce costs for Germany's health insurance funds and patients. But last year saw the German pharmaceuticals giants make tidy profits, and they're not prepared to give in without a fight. They argue that developing new, effective medicine is a costly process and fraught with risk.

The Allensbach Report - What Germans Think

A team at the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research has spent 6 years working on the 900-page Berlin Republic Handbook. It's a study of public opinion in today's Germany.

Stuttgart 21 - One of the Largest Urban Development Projects in Europe

'Stuttgart 21' is an example of ambitious urban planning and is a showpiece project for the national rail operator Deutsche Bahn. The underground section of the city's central station is being given a complete overhaul, and a whole new district is being developed up above.

But the project has its detractors - including many at the German Federal Court of Auditors, as well as politicians and grassroots groups. They say it's unnecessary and far too expensive. But the project is going ahead anyway.

Preventative Detention - When Life Means Life

There are currently three times as many people held in preventative detention in Germany as there were in the 1990s. Headline-grabbing cases involving sex offenders have prompted politicians to tighten legislation and one consequence is that increasing numbers of criminals are kept in jail even after they have served their sentences - often for the rest of their lives.

Question in the Forum

Repeat offenders: is it justified to keep them behind bars indefinitely?