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Moscow wins east German elections
It does not happen often that I set my alarm to just before 4am to watch the results from a provincial election in Germany.
Friedrich Merz
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Voters will decide whether to punch holes in Europe’s nuclear umbrella
While American and Israeli jets were bombing Tehran last Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron stood before nuclear submarines at the Île Longue naval base in Brittany.
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EU is ignoring economics 101: those who spend must also pay
European integration has always been a tug of war.
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New German chancellor’s first week: from near-defeat to statecraft
Last Tuesday, Friedrich Merz looked fatally wounded before his time in office had even properly begun.
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Germany’s post-election theatre of the absurd
Winning an election can still mean losing control.
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German Götterdämmerung
Last November, Germany’s “traffic light” coalition collapsed and snap elections were called for February.
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Scholz promised stability, but Germany got chaos instead
Merkel’s 16 years of drift and Scholz’s three years of mismanagement have left Germany’s problems too deep for quick fixes – that is the price for too many years of politics without leadership.
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Merkel’s legacy still haunts German politics
If you believe last week’s hysterical headlines from Germany, you might think the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is about to take power in Europe’s largest economy.
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The race to succeed Merkel
The way it is going, Germany’s chancellor in early 2019 would no longer be called Merkel but Merz.