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January 4, 2010 | Germany's Peace Party

Ulf Gartzke: The new leadership of the SPD is strengthening its pacifist position on the Afghan war. Party Chair Gabriel’s plans to solicit policy input from the party base is a thinly veiled attempt to gain convenient political cover to orchestrate a volte-face on Afghanistan.

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January 29, 2009 | German Political Parties Must Inspire Grassroots Online

Marcel Reichart: German political parties were no doubt transfixed by the campaign revolution executed by Obama via the internet. To stay abreast of changing social dynamics, German political parties must harness creativity and expertise, inspiring the internet savvy to political participation.

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September 14, 2007 | Afghanistan: The Way Ahead This Article contains Flash-Video

Atlantic Happy Hour: NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer came to Berlin on a mission to get more German troops into the south of Afghanistan. As the guest of honor at an event run by the Atlantic Initiative, publisher of the Atlantic Community, Scheffer appeared with representatives from five of Germany’s political parties to respond to questions on the future of operations in Afghanistan.

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September 17, 2009 | SPD Must Fight For the Middle

Germany’s social democrats, the SPD, are too much caught in the left wing. ++ If the SPD wants to be part of the next legislative period’s government, they have to prevent a coalition between the liberals (FDP) and the conservatives (CDU) - with the aim to become at least part of a big coalition (SPD and CDU). ++ Thus, if Germany’s social democratic party don’t want to go down in the upcoming

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September 1, 2009 | A Change in Germany's Political Landscape

Germany’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

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January 8, 2009 | Finally, a German Stimulus Package. Is It Worth It?

Berlin witnessed the end of a stalemate between the Christian and Social Democrats on a 31-billion-euro economic stimulus package, but “Germans may find that the chances of their country’s economic recovery were higher when the grand coalition was still paralyzed.” ++ An additional 100 billion euros will go to rescue failing companies. ++ Both parties are positioning themselves for upcoming Fall

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June 5, 2007 | Der Spiegel Assesses Merkel's Unprecedented Commitment to the US

Der Spiegel writes that Angela Merkel has aligned herself with the US more closely than any previous German Chancellor. However, due to public skepticism and the SPD’s general mistrust of the Bush administration, Merkel must remain cautious. Some commentators have expressed concerns that the US might expect too much from Germany, but Merkel has done her best to keep recent improvements in

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