Poland has a point about the EU’s legal supremacy
Stefan Auer is associate professor of European studies at the University of Hong Kong. Nicole Scicluna is an assistant professor in government and international studies at Hong Kong Baptist...
View ArticleGerman Social Democrats nominate Bärbel Bas as parliament president
BERLIN — Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), who won last month’s election, are set to nominate Bärbel Bas as president of the parliament. If confirmed, she would be only the third woman to hold the...
View ArticleNew German parliament opens with words of caution from departing president
BERLIN — One month after the election that ended Chancellor Angela Merkel’s reign, the new German parliament convened for the first time Tuesday to approve a generational change in leadership, from...
View ArticleChristian Lindner as German finance minister: Does he add up?
BERLIN — Finance minister or “fuck-up”? Christian Lindner, the German liberal leader seen as the country’s likely next finance minister, has faced a barrage of criticism in recent days from prominent...
View ArticlePutin’s useful German idiots
BERLIN — Germany is no stranger to the wrong side of history. That’s why it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Berlin spent the past 16 years with its feet firmly planted on the wrong side of the divide...
View ArticleAngela Merkel receives Germany’s highest honor
BERLIN — Former Chancellor Angela Merkel received Germany’s highest federal decoration on Monday, an honor bestowed on only two other former leaders before her, though some within her own party...
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Germany chokes on its own austerity medicine
BERLIN — Germans gave the world Schadenfreude for a reason. And southern Europe couldn’t be more pleased. For countries that spent years on the receiving end of Europe’s German-inspired fiscal...
View ArticleWolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, dies at 81
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, longstanding senior lawmaker and a key figure behind Berlin’s controversial austerity push during the eurozone financial crisis, has died at the age...
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As Trump’s return looms, Europe shivers at prospect of facing Putin alone
BERLIN — Europe’s greatest security challenge since the Cold War — the chilling prospect of needing to fund and arm Ukraine without U.S. support — will expose political fault lines at a memorial...
View ArticleHerr Macron! How the French president surprised Berlin with a speech in German
BERLIN — Emmanuel Macron: French president, statesman and, er, German speaker. Macron impressed and surprised mourners in the German parliament on Monday by delivering a eulogy for Wolfgang Schäuble...
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Has Portugal’s António Costa struck his last deal?
Has Portugal’s António Costa struck his last deal? A problem-solving prime minister faces his greatest challenge ever: Clearing his name in time to become president of the European Council. By AITOR...
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