The Greens Are Dead
Lützerath and German Environmentalism
Be careful what you wish for. It may be a cliché, but it's one the Greens are learning all over again.(...)
Lützerath and German Environmentalism
Be careful what you wish for. It may be a cliché, but it's one the Greens are learning all over again.(...)
Labour and the Forde Report
The Forde Report represents a new stage of the malaise afflicting the Labour Party.(...)
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.(...)
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.(...)
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).(...)
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. (...)
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.(...)
Germany’s Moral Debt Crisis
No country, apart from the United States, is as riven with debate about its relationship with Israel as Germany.(...)
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?(...)
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.(...)