Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Feb 18
Merz wants to be Europe’s Carney https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-wants-to-be-europe-mark-carney/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #MunichSecurityConference #Transatlanticrelations #Economicperformance #Germanelection2025 #GermanyInterpreted #ElectionsinEurope #Energydependency #Germanpolitics #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #Commentary #Farright #Tariffs #Growth #Davos #Asia
Merz wants to be Europe’s Carney

There’s a chance that what helped Canada’s prime minister could help the German chancellor too.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Dec 8
Europe only has itself to rely on https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-ukraine-war-donald-trump-us-foreign-policy-russia-volodmyr-zelenskyy-defense/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Transatlanticrelations #GermanyInterpreted #EuropeanDefense #Nationalbudgets #Foreignpolicy #WarinUkraine #Commentary #Diplomacy #Security #Defense #Kremlin #NATO
Europe only has itself to rely on

If the continent is to survive a future attack by Russia, its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 9, 2025
Can Merz have an effective foreign policy? https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-effective-foreign-policy/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #GermanyInterpreted #Aidanddevelopment #Israel-Hamaswar #Defensebudgets #Germanpolitics #Foreignpolicy #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #MiddleEast #NATOSummit #Commentary #Diplomacy #Security #Defense #Weapons
Can Merz have an effective foreign policy?

While Merz’s approach has already paid dividends in terms of mood music in the German establishment, in concrete terms, it hasn’t.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Feb 27, 2025
Can Germany’s humbled political establishment regroup? https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-political-establishment-regroup-afd-spd-greens-foreign-affairs/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Economicgovernance #Germanelection2025 #GermanyInterpreted #Aidanddevelopment #ElectionsinEurope #Defensebudgets #Germanpolitics #Climatechange #Costofliving #WarinUkraine #Commentary #Migration #Farright #Farleft #History
Can Germany’s humbled political establishment regroup?

Merz has four to five years not just to breathe new life into his party, but to ensure the country’s traditional political constellation isn’t broken for good.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Feb 21, 2025
Does Merz have what it takes? https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-election-christian-democratic-union-cdu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Transatlanticrelations #Economicperformance #Economicgovernance #Germanelection2025 #GermanyInterpreted #Aidanddevelopment #ElectionsinEurope #Defensebudgets #Germanpolitics #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #Commentary #Democracy #Migration #Farright #Military #Defense #Asylum
Does Merz have what it takes?

The country’s new government will need to quickly demonstrate its resilience and that it can take on the task of showing that Europe counts.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Feb 13, 2025
Germany’s disappearing green agenda https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-green-agenda-politics-elections-friedrich-merz-government-cdu-woke/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Greenenergytransition #Germanelection2025 #GermanyInterpreted #ElectionsinEurope #Electricvehicles #Energydependency #Renewableenergy #Germanpolitics #Infrastructure #Climatechange #Commentary #Emissions #Heatpumps #Growth #Cars
Germany’s disappearing green agenda

The country once seen as a climate trailblazer is in danger of becoming a laggard, as the party almost certain to lead the next government is on a mission to dilute environmental targets.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jan 30, 2025
Germany’s far right crashes through the firewall https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-far-right-crashes-through-the-firewall/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Germanelection2025 #GermanyInterpreted #ElectionsinEurope #Germanpolitics #Immigration #Commentary #Democracy #Elections #Migration #Terrorism #Farright #Populism #Borders #Asylum
Germany’s far right crashes through the firewall

Did Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, fall into a trap? Or is he forcing other mainstream parties to confront what many regard as the new reality — a harder, less welcoming Germany?

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Dec 31, 2024
Germany 2025: Reform or more gloom? https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-2025-reform-election-cdu-olaf-scholz-friedrich-merz/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Economicgovernance #Germanelection2025 #GermanyInterpreted #ElectionsinEurope #Nationalbudgets #Germanpolitics #Infrastructure #Foreignpolicy #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #Immigration #Commentary #Farright #Industry #Populism #Services #Tariffs #Debt
Germany 2025: Reform or more gloom?

The coming year will demand courage from the country’s politicians. But if they succumb to anxiety and idling, there will be darker days ahead.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Nov 22, 2024
Scholz’s leadership failure https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-chancellor-olaf-scholz-social-democratic-party-spd-leadership-german-election-politics/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Economicperformance #GermanyInterpreted #Aidanddevelopment #ElectionsinEurope #Digitalization #Germanpolitics #WarinUkraine #Commentary #Elections #Industry #Defense
Scholz’s leadership failure

It appears German politics is acquiring a new bitterness. And while everyone is busy accusing everyone else of letting the country down, one man has failed above all others.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Oct 29, 2024
Does Germany still believe in Europe? https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-europe-olaf-scholz-economy-continent-financial-crisis-exports/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #GermanyInterpreted #Competitiveness #Germanpolitics #Bankingunion #EUgovernance #Schengenarea #Supplychains #Cooperation #Immigration #Commentary #Migration #Borders #Tariffs
Does Germany still believe in Europe?

Scholz now seems to view the bloc as a problem to be managed, while European institutions and member countries seem to regard him as a problem to be managed in return.

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