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Dealing with Autocrats: A principled approach to Erdogan’s state visit to Germany

14/09/2018 Turkey

[authorbox authorid="86" title="The Author"] D espite ongoing tensions between Turkey and its Western allies, the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a state visit in late September. The success…

Politics of the Street: How to respond to Germany’s far-right revival?

13/09/2018 Inside Europe

Julius M. Rogenhofer

[authorbox authorid="86" title="The Author"] T he German far-right successfully instrumentalises crimes allegedly committed by refugees to mobilise its supporters. These often violent rallies reveal an open affiliation of members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)…

Can a Bavarian Make Europe Great Again?

07/09/2018 Inside Europe

Christina Cigir

[authorbox authorid="100" title="The Author"] A s the 2019 elections for the European Union’s commission president approach, the ongoing talks about an ideal candidate has granted its attention to leader of the European People’s Party, Manfred…

Why scandalising the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) is hypocritical

05/06/2018 Inside Europe

Julius M. Rogenhofer

[authorbox authorid="86" title="The Author"] S candalising improprieties in how asylum requests were processed at individual branches of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is hypocritical because it overlooks the political context in which…

Islam, Migrants and Multiculturalism: A glance at Germany and beyond

17/04/2018 Inside Europe

Julius M. Rogenhofer

[authorbox authorid="86" title="The Author"] T he current debate around Islam in Germany reveals that Germany has not yet made up its mind as to whether it is ready to embrace its new status a country…

Winds of Change in Berlin and the Normalization of Politics in Germany

14/01/2018 Inside Europe

Toni Michel

[authorbox authorid="61" title="The Author"] G ermany’s politics for well over a decade now have been defined by a single principle: “Rule-and-Ruin”. Rule, that is, for Angela Merkel – and ruin for any other political force…

Is Germany heading for another ‘Grand Coalition’?

30/11/2017 Inside Europe

Leopold Traugott

[dropcap size=small]O ne week after the breakdown of German coalition talks, things are slowly moving into gear. Following an intervention by the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Social Democrats (SPD) abandoned their outright rejection…

Germany and the next French president: in search of the best partner

25/04/2017 The Opinion

Vocal Europe

by Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer* In 2017, Berlin became a popular destination for French presidential candidates, with three of the main contenders – François Fillon, Emmanuel Macron and Benoît Hamon – received by Chancellor Angela Merkel.…

Germany’s uneasy relationship with its Spooks

06/06/2015 Inside Europe

Robert Heslop

(Photo taken from Aljazeera) by Robert Heslop With the recent allegations that the BND has been spying on allies for the NSA the spotlight is on the murky world of state espionage. In the summer of…

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