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.
Germany Interpreted
Radical left and radical right have become indistinguishable
For as long as the center fails to make its case in a way that galvanizes, there will be many more like Sahra Wagenknecht.
Poised for victory, Germanyโs center right dithers
The country’s ascendant Christian Democratic Union remains utterly baffled as to how it might wield power.
Starmer will try to prove Britain can be a reliable EU friend โ and Germany will be key
After the U.K. election, cooperation will be deliberately methodical, testing the waters along the way.
What, if anything, does Europe have to offer Trump?
Trump will likely want to divest himself of, as he sees it, the irritation that is Ukraine. Europe should be rushing to come up with a convincing answer as to why it shouldnโt.
How Germany is learning to love its army
If Germany really is coming to terms with the notion of hard power for a moral purpose, Boris Pistorius will have played no small part in that.