# Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG Talks, episode 15 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-6296779/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-episode-15 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-6296779/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-episode-15.md Podcast: [Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG Talks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-6296779) Published: 2025-05-07T08:08:04+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks/episodes/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-episode-15 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6433bc8ccc2bdf00113be0f6/e/681b14e53e6644d7a33937e1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-6296779/episodes/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-episode-15 Duration seconds: 1642 ## Resource What the new German Government means for the Balkans? Host: Florian Bieber, BiEPAG Coordinator Guests: Frauke Seebass,Visiting Fellow, SWP & Associate Researcher, DGAP and Adi Ćeramagić, Senior Analyst, ESI The new German government of Friedrich Merz announced in its coalition agreement that it would prioritize reforms over enlargement. What this means for the Western Balkans and how the new government is expected to handle the key challenges in the region, from the mass protests in Serbia to the political crisis in Bosnia is the topic of Seriously Balkans.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-6296779/episodes/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-episode-15/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-6296779/seriously-balkans-the-biepag-talks-episode-15.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.