G ermany’s main political parties have no new ideas about the country’s role in Europe and don’t even debate reforms at home.
During Germany’s 2005 federal election campaign, then opposition leader Angela Merkel had ambitious…
by Ottomansandzionists
On the week that we remember and reflect upon the German genocide against Jews, the Jewish state is in a spat with Germany.
On German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s agenda during his visit…
W hen German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly stated that she hopes Emmanuel Macron will win the French presidential elections, few were surprised. Not only have both sides been in regular contact over the past…
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.…
by Henry Newman
Shortly after Theresa May triggered Article 50, Angela Merkel gave a response. Her comments on the UK-EU negotiations are already being over-interpreted. Sky News, AFP, the Mirror, the Independent and many others are…
by Kathrin Glastra & Andreas Rüdinger
The Great Divergence in Energy Policy
"It is anything but complicated", summarises a French expert on energy policies in Germany and France: "The French do not understand the Germans, just like the Germans…
by Marie Shuqha
With almost two weeks past the US elections and Trump’s victory, it might be time to shed some light on what this unforeseen outcome might mean to relations between Israel and the EU…
by Leopold Traugott *
Recently, Martin Schulz travelled to Turkey for the first time since the country’s failed coup in July. One of the main talking points on the agenda was the continuation of the…
by Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza & Markus Heinrich
Clichés like “don’t mention the war” have given way to modern Germany becoming an unlikely moral example to the world.
For German-Turkish relations, the recent vote…
by Roland Freudenstein
What we are going through now … will change our country. - Angela Merkel
We don’t want to change! - Viktor Orban
Just like previous crises, the one about the refugees has highlighted…