John Foster / 26 Nov 2021
Germany of the Future
Replacing Angela Merkel
Sixteen years of leadership by any party is too long. Particularly for a country half of which is still new to democracy, like Germany.(...)
SPD
Wieland Hoban / 13 Sep 2021
Minority Outreach Problems
Jews and the German Elections
September 2021: general election time in Germany. It will be the first since 2005 in which Angela Merkel will not be a candidate for chancellor.(...)
John Foster / 11 Jun 2021
Fascist Identity Politics
Germany: A Nation in Its Time, by Helmut Walser Smith
Nationalism has been the most influential politics in Europe since the dawn of the 19th century (to say nothing for the moment about the wider world).(...)
Joe Keady / 12 Feb 2020
German Democracy in Crisis
Alternative für Deutschland in Thuringia
Given the extent of the far-right resurgence in Europe over the last decade, it's often difficult to predict where the shock waves are going to come next. On 5 February, it was Thuringia's turn. (...)
Matt Rubenstein / 01 Jul 2019
Hard to Pin Down
The Greens and German Politics, Part I
At least German pollsters had gotten it right. There was no populist sweep of the country’s parliamentary seats in the 2019 EU elections.(...)
Joel Schalit / 28 Jun 2019
Notes From a Demonstration
Germany’s Moral Debt Crisis
No country, apart from the United States, is as riven with debate about its relationship with Israel as Germany.(...)
John Foster / 22 May 2019
The End is Nigh
Looking For a Better Europe
Elections for the European Parliament begin Thursday and predictions of doom and gloom are the order of the day. And why not?(...)
John Foster / 03 May 2019
Democracy in the Era of Populism
Chantal Mouffe and the Spanish Election
With the results of the snap elections held in Spain on Sunday still in the headlines, new questions have been raised about the so-called “populist moment” about which so much ink has been spilt of late.(...)