Patrick Lawrence: Wanderers & Seekers
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/06/patrick-lawrence-wanderers-seekers/
In this fourth and final part of his series on Germany, the author writes of the end of an era in the country and a renewed search for its identity. By Patrick Lawrence in Dresden, Germany ScheerPost This is the…
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Patrick Lawrence: The Lost Man of Europe
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/08/patrick-lawrence-the-lost-man-of-europe/
Germany demonstrates the Continent’s abandonment of its honorable social-democratic traditions and its embrace, with the zealotry of the convert, of the neoliberalism of the Anglosphere. The first in a series of articles on Germany. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost Of the…
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Angela Merkel knew how brutal Vladimir Putin could be. But under her leadership, Germany became increasingly dependent on Russian natural gas. Her energy policy errors are now weighing heavily on the country.
A Few Sanctions and That Was It: Merkel's Legacy on Russia Casts a Shadow over Her Party
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Shameless deals for medical equipment, dubious foreign contacts and corona crisis mismanagement: Angela Merkel's conservatives are in bad shape as the election campaign looms. How did they lose their way?
Fall from Grace: Merkel's Conservatives Mired in Scandal and Incompetence
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