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All items tagged german electionsGlobal Must Read ArticlesOctober 1, 2009 | Germany Should Break With TraditionGuido Westerwelle, leader of the new governments coalition partner FDP, should break with tradition and not become foreign minister but finance minister instead. ++ Westerwelle lacks experience in foreign policy “and his public statements on international issues do not add up to a coherent Weltanschauung.” ++ In contrast, the FDP leader has good ideas and a strong position on economic policy and ... MoreSeptember 10, 2009 | Merkel's Time is OverThe success of the left in Germany’s recent state elections does not mean a shift to the left for the country politically but rather that Chancellor Merkel’s time is over. ++ There is no “new strength” of the left but instead an obvious weakness in the German traditional majority parties of the CDU and SPD. ++ If Angela Merkel wants to bounce back in the federal election campaign, she must have ... MoreSeptember 1, 2009 | A Change in Germany's Political LandscapeGermany’s national election campaign is heating up. ++ Sunday’s elections in three German states showed that the result of this month’s general elections is far from certain. ++ With the two main parties of Angela Merkel’s CDU & Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s SPD losing votes, Germany’s political landscape is gaining a new complexity that creates difficulties for the major players. ++ The ... More |
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