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June 14, 2004

Germany

A Little More about the Elections

by Doug Merrill

So pretty much all of the incumbent parties got whacked, amidst predicted low turnout. The BBC has nitty gritty from all 25 member states. There isn’t an overview page, so the link goes to Poland, largest of the new members.
The SLD government there fell, by design, the day after Poland was admitted to the EU, [...]

May 28, 2004

Germany

Doh!

by Mrs Tilton

Metin Kaplan, the ‘Caliph of Cologne’, is a Turkish Islamist long resident in Germany. The Turkish government would like to try him for treason. The German government would like to oblige their Turkish friends by extraditing him. The courts, thus far, have stood in the way. It looks as though a final decision may be [...]

May 3, 2004

Germany

Germany, the Uberpimp?

by Tobias Schwarz

While the British government is about to introduce legislation which, as a consequence of efforts to limit child abuse, makes it formally illegal for teenagers under the age of 16 (the age of consent in the UK) to engage in any mutually agreed sexual activity, including kissing or even hand holding, it could appear as [...]

April 20, 2004

Germany

Guess Who’s Been Here for Dinner?

by Doug Merrill

More than 7.3 million people living in Germany are citizens of another country. Along with roughly 115,000 other Americans, I’m part of an insignificant minority, outnumbered by Greeks (355,000), Serbs & Montenegrins (570,000), Poles (480,000) and Italians (601,000). All of us, of course, are outnumbered by Turks (1.88 million). Spare a thought, though, for the [...]

March 29, 2004

Germany

Budding liberals

by Mrs Tilton

The fumes are billowing thick and hot in Berlin. The two parties that make up Germany’s governing coalition are at a standoff. J?rgen Trittin, the Green environment minister, plans to introduce emissions trading, and wants to achieve an initial reduction in emissions by 2007. Economics minister Wolfgang Clement of the SPD wants no reduction in [...]

March 5, 2004

Europe and the world

Mr K?hler Comes Back from Washington

by Doug Merrill

Germany’s center-right and liberal parties have finally agreed on a candidate for the country’s largely, but not completely, symbolic presidency. Because these parties have been winning elections at the state level over the last few years, they have a working majority in the body that elects the president, even though they are actually in opposition.
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February 16, 2004

Germany

Reforming Germany. Just A Little Harder.

by Tobias Schwarz

On February 6th, just when I thought it was actually possible to escape the ?German reform debate? for only a couple of days, on the way from the slopes to the fireplace, Gerhard Schroeder hit back through the airwaves. A coalition of campaigning regional party establishment and the inevitable loony lefties had apparently won their [...]

February 8, 2004

Germany

David Hasselhoff, the Great Liberator?

by Mrs Tilton

Daniel Drezner is amused at the American television actor David Hasselhoff. Hasselhoff, it seems, is annoyed that he is not given the credit he so clearly deserves for the fall of the Iron Curtain (no, really). But some of Mr Drezner’s commenters feel that Hasselhoff might have a bit of a point.

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January 19, 2004

Germany

Bedpans and boot-polish

by Mrs Tilton

Somewhere down below, Doug Merrill was perceptive enough to notice a remark - easily overlooked but of fundamental importance - by Renate Schmidt, Germany’s Minister for Puppies and Sad-Eyed Children (or something like that). In short, the minister signalled, in a roundabout way, that the end is nigh for conscription to the Bundeswehr. The German [...]

January 14, 2004

Germany

It Was Easy to Miss…

by Doug Merrill

but one of the most important decisions about the future of European security was announced Monday in Germany. Defense Minister Peter Struck has been on the airwaves and in the papers a great deal since the beginning of the year, talking about military reform. He’s been having a bit of a rough time of it. [...]

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