September 4, 2005

Germany

Where Will It Lead Us From Here?

by Alex Harrowell

The German election campaign is cranking up to as close to a throbbing wave of intensity as you are likely to find in modern Germany. Very soon, Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der is going to take on the CDU’s Angela Merkel in a televised debate. Merkel has always had to do it tough in the CDU, as [...]

July 21, 2005

The European Union

Merkel’s Reform Agenda

by Edward Hugh

Angela Merkel has an interview in the Financial Times today. Unfortunately the transcript is subscription only. This is a pity, since to some extent she defines the kind of Europe she would like to see:
In an interview with the Financial Times, Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democrat Union, on Wednesday issued a clarion call [...]

July 6, 2005

Europe and the world

Two peoples divided by a common language

by Mrs Tilton

Clay Risen has a perceptive article in Slate today, warning non-German observers that Angela Merkel (Gerd Schr?der’s likely successor) is no Margaret Thatcher. But embedded in that article is this astounding sentence:
[T]he CDU … is actually an alliance between the more free-market-oriented Christian Democrats, from which Merkel hails, and the more economically liberal Bavarian Christian [...]

May 31, 2005

Western and Central Europe

Angela Merkel Promises…….

by Edward Hugh

Angela Merkel, the German opposition Christian Democrat leader, has promised that initiatives to cut unemployment would ?be at the centre of my thoughts and actions?. Laudible ideals, delivering on them may prove rather more difficult than Ms Merkel imagines. Still, she is focusing the debate on the relevant areas:
Mrs Merkel acknowledged that Germany was [...]

May 26, 2005

Germany

Angela Merkel The New Mrs Thatcher?

by Edward Hugh

It was inevitable I suppose. Comparisons between Angela Merkel and Margaret Thatcher are starting to roll. Such comparisons seem ludicrous to me, but I’d love to know what our German readers, who are undoubtedly a lot better informed than I am, think of it:
“Think of Angela Merkel as German chancellor and Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

May 22, 2005

Germany

Schr?der Strikes Back

by Doug Merrill

What better way to bury the news of your party’s ouster from power in a state it’s ruled for nearly 40 years than to up the ante?
Give this to Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der, he still knows how to dominate the news cycle like no one else in Germany. Angela Merkel didn’t hear the news until she [...]

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