Today EUROPP launches the fourth episode in our voxEUROPP series of podcasts. Presented by Chris Gilson, voxEUROPP draws on academic experts from EUROPP to discuss the latest issues across European governance, economics, politics, culture and society, both at the European Union and national levels.

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Germany heads to the polls on September 22nd in elections that are being closely followed in Europe and beyond. With doubts over Greek debt and economic problems across Southern Europe, these elections are incredibly important to the future of the Eurozone. LSE Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, Waltraud Schelkle, examines the meaning of the elections for the EU. Patricia Hogwood of the University of Westminster takes a closer look at the election campaign and other emerging parties, and world renowned German sociologist, Ulrich Beck, tells us why Europe should reinvent modernity.

Presented by Chris Gilson. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other Contributors: Stuart Brown, Waltraud Schelkle, Patricia Howood and Ulrich Beck. Music and sound came courtesy of the following users at freesound.org: bebeto (loop022); suonho (memorymoon-pad and abstract-electrofunkbreak); and the following users from the FreeMusicArchive.org: Mermonte (Monte); Podington Bear (Easy-going); Ghost and the Song (Ou-Inme). Collage photos: Angela Merkel: Marcus Yorke, Peer Steinbrück: ΠΑΣΟΚ; FDP: Eoghan OLionnain; Bundestag: baracoder. Published 16 July 2013.