[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…
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 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.…