{"id":18536,"date":"2025-01-29T13:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=18536"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:21:23","slug":"foreign-policy-for-the-middle-classes","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/publication\/foreign-policy-for-the-middle-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Policy for the Middle Classes: New Industrial Policy in Times of Geoeconomic Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>In the third episode of our series on the industrial heartlands, we hear from Brencia Berry, Political Director of the US Democratic National Committee, Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Holger Mann, Social Democrat Member of the German Parliament and Tim Ryan, former Democratic US Congressman for Ohio how residents of the industrial heartlands in the US and Germany should be part of the conversation around national green transition policies and what can be done to lessen their economic concerns. This discussion was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/project\/progressive-governance-summit\/\">Progressive Governance Summit<\/a> in Berlin on 21 June, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-default\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-default\"> <p>Click on the button to load the content from open.spotify.com.<\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Load content<\/a><\/p> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"default\"><script type=\"text\/template\">PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iU3BvdGlmeSBFbWJlZDogSW5kdXN0cmlhbCBIZWFydGxhbmRzOiBGb3JlaWduIFBvbGljeSBmb3IgdGhlIE1pZGRsZSBDbGFzc2VzIOKAkyBOZXcgSW5kdXN0cmlhbCBQb2xpY3kgaW4gVGltZXMgb2YgR2VvZWNvbm9taWMgU2hpZnQiIHN0eWxlPSJib3JkZXItcmFkaXVzOiAxMnB4IiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxNTIiIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIiBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4gYWxsb3c9ImF1dG9wbGF5OyBjbGlwYm9hcmQtd3JpdGU7IGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYTsgZnVsbHNjcmVlbjsgcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlIiBsb2FkaW5nPSJsYXp5IiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vb3Blbi5zcG90aWZ5LmNvbS9lbWJlZC9lcGlzb2RlLzRQeEpzOXo0ZkZndDBycVdZSzBwdDE\/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1vZW1iZWQiPjwvaWZyYW1lPg==<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast is produced in the context of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.industrial-heartlands.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transatlantic Dialogue on the Industrial Heartlands: Shaping the Future<\/a> project. 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