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Michael Wohlgemuth: Why the EU cannot bank on Germany’s economy

October 23, 2014

Open Europe Berlin Director Michael Wohlgemuth has written an interesting piece for World Review, looking at the current status of the German economy. Here it is:The German economy is showing clear signs of weakening. GDP declined by 0.2 per cent in th…

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austerity, CDU, European Commission, eurozone, germany, growth, investment, juncker, Merkel, open europe berlin, SPD

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Have the SPD and German unions endorsed TTIP? Not quite…

September 24, 2014

While the Labour Party’s conference dominated the coverage in the UK over the past few days, its German sister party, the SPD, held its own ‘mini’ conference over the weekend. Opposition to TTIP – the EU-US free trade deal currently being negotiated – …

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CETA, gabriel, Labour, national parliaments, protectionism, SPD, trade unions, TTIP

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The AfD bandwagon rolls on – what are the implications?

September 15, 2014

Germany’s anti-euro AfD party has hit a rich vein of electoral form building on its success in Saxony two weeks ago (where it scored 9.7% and won its first seats in one of Germany’s 16 regional parliaments) to win 12.2% in Brandenburg and 10.6% in Thur…

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AFD, CDU/CSU, Die Linke, FDP, German politics, german regional elections, SPD, TTIP

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Belated Ascension Day for Juncker?

May 30, 2014

Since Tuesday’s European Council, at which Angela Merkel pointedly played down Jean-Claude Juncker’s prospects of becoming the next European Commission President, she has come under a phenomenal amount of pressure domestically from a wide ranging coali…

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Bild Zeitung, Cameron, faux democracy, German politics, juncker, Merkel, SPD

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German Foreign Minister welcomes discussion on EU Treaty Change

February 3, 2014

German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is visiting his counterpart, William Hague, in London today. Although the visit doesn’t seem to have received much media coverage, we’ve just been at the press conference, and Herr Steinmeier had some i…

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CDU, germany, groko, hague, Merkel, renegotiation, SPD, steinmeier, UK-EU relations, UK;

A few surprises as the new German cabinet takes form

December 16, 2013

Over the weekend, following the ‘yes’ vote among the SPD membership, the composition of the new German cabinet was announced – almost 3 months after the election. Despite, the outcome being broadly known there were a couple of surprises. Below we ana…

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asmussen, CDU/CSU, gabriel, German 2013 federal election, german coalition negotiations, german grand coalition, germany, Merkel, SPD, steinmeier, van der leyen

EXCLUSIVE: First translation of draft German Grand Coalition agreement

November 26, 2013

We have seen a first draft of the German coalition government agreement (the final agreement is expected tomorrow), courtesy of Green politician Malte Spitz who published the draft on his blog late yesterday evening.The German media has begun delving i…

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banking union, Bundestagswahl, CDU/CSU, esm, eurozone, german elections, grand coalition, groko, reform contracts, SPD

Like its election, Germany’s coalition talks will be dominated by domestic issues

October 18, 2013

Coalition, coalition, coalition – this is all par for the course in German politics. It’s been almost a month since the BTW13, and the new government has yet to be formed. This is no cause for alarm, of course, Germans like their coalitions, and th…

Posted by Valeriy Kucheruk

angela merkel, CDU/CSU, German 2013 federal election, german coalition negotiations, German minimum wage, Greens, horst seehofer, SPD

AfD: The party of the youth?

September 25, 2013

AfD chief Bernd Lucke on the campaign trailIt’s barely been half a year since the German anti-euro party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) emerged onto the political scene (and we were one of the first to flag up the then-unknown party), but its…

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AFD, angela merkel, bernd lucke, Bundestagswahl, CDU/CSU, FDP, German 2013 federal election, SPD

What are the next steps towards forming a coalition in Germany?

As we noted in this morning’s press summary the back and forth over different coalitions and their terms has begun in Germany. So far however all comments are likely strategic and no serious movement is to be expected in the next days. SPD chairman S…

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CDU/CSU, Coalition, German 2013 federal election, german elections, grand coalition, Greens, Merkel, SPD

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