Merkel
22.06.2018
The troubling transformation of the EU
In its quest for competitiveness, the EU is becoming an increasingly coercive system, controlling members through a myriad of rules and mechanisms.
Read more27.03.2018
Surviving the storm: liberal democracy in times of change
A shared republican understanding of democracy could offer a way out from the dead ends of ethnic nationalism and identity politics.
Read more11.01.2018
‘What we have achieved has to become the benchmark’ – Interview with Reinhard Bütikofer
Why the Jamaica coalitions talks with Merkel failed and where things will go from here.
Read more29.06.2017
Pairing up to Repair Europe: France and Germany
France & Germany make up the motor of Europe and partly determine its future, but what are their cooperation prospects in the face of 2017 elections?
Read more23.01.2017
“A coalition is not a love match” – Interview with Ralf Fücks
A discussion with Ralf Fücks, outgoing president of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, on the situation in Germany, coalitions with Merkel & the rise of the AfD.
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