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Adrian Eppel

Adrian Eppel is a PhD candidate at the Freie Universität Berlin. In his research he focuses on elections, electoral campaigns and the emergence of new political parties across Europe. Before working as a media analyst in London, he engaged in the promotion of regional democracy in Mozambique as well as at the Assembly of European Regions in Strasbourg.

The US foreign policy debate seen from Germany

Adrian Eppel
Those in Germany who were hoping to hear about future transatlantic relations in the final presidential debate, focused on foreign policy, were clearly disappointed. In fact, it was not because of something the candidates said, but because…

How Germans view the US presidential race

Adrian Eppel
“I support him, no matter what he does.” This is how Chancellor Angela Merkel openly showed her support for incumbent President Sarkozy during the French electoral campaign in February. It was the only occasion in which she intervened in…