interview with Russell A. Berman via Area 45
Will Germany be in ashes after Angela Merkel’s fourth term?
Marcel Fratzscher says that the German chancellor's most consequential achievement is not economic.
THE RISE OF THE GERMAN CULTURE FRINGE MOVEMENT |
GERMANY'S CHALLENGE OF GOVERNING |
quoting Josef Joffe via Reuters
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would prefer a new election to ruling with a minority after talks on forming a three-way coalition failed overnight, but Germany’s president told parties they owed it to voters to try to form a government.
by Josef Joffe via Politico
For all her Teflon-like invulnerability, the talks’ collapse leaves the chancellor gravely wounded.
quoting Josef Joffe via National Review
When Christian Lindner, leader of Germany’s market-minded Free Democrat party, walked out of the three-party negotiations intended to forge a new federal government from the fragmented political spectrum that emerged from the recent elections, he signaled the end of Germany’s post-war political settlement — one of almost astounding stability.
Hans-Werner Sinn welcomes the prospect of a minority government, especially if genuine public debate returns to the Bundestag.
Ana Palacio implores EU countries to work actively to re-engage the bloc's reluctant leader.
Jeffrey Sachs thinks the stakes are too high – in Europe and globally – not to reprise the previous CDU/CSU-SPD government.