Merkel

Ci ha provato in ogni maniera la Germania a rimuovere la figura di Helmut Kohl, ma alla fine la rivincita della Weltanschauung democristiana – la sua visione delle cose – si è imposta. Se la base della SPD (e nello specifico la corrente dei…

The prospect of a new coalition government in Germany is long overdue for obvious domestic reasons (a country needs a government that can do policy work), but also in the European context. Germany’s European partners, France in particular,…

In the last two months, there have been a series of firsts in Germany – and the trend seems to continue. It was the first time the Social Democrats (SPD) fell to 20% since the foundation of a modern democracy in Germany. It was also the…

Le elezioni tedesche ci dicono due cose: l’armonia interna del paese è più fragile di quanto si pensasse, e la Germania tende verso destra. Confermando comunque per la quarta volta Angela Merkel alla Cancelleria, i tedeschi sembrano aver…

The term “political earthquake” may be in overuse in Western democracies in recent years, but it is certainly not an overstatement when describing what happened during the German elections on September 24, 2017. The political turmoil…