The Merkel paradox: how the chancellor’s strengths weakened Germany
The era-defining leader is now leaving Germany in a position of strategic weakness.
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The SPD’s surge reveals the essence of the German election: the search for Merkel 2.0
Olaf Scholz, the SPD candidate, is by far the most popular of Merkel’s potential successors – and the one who…
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German election TV debate win adds to Olaf Scholz’s momentum in the race to succeed Angela Merkel
The SPD candidate was the clear winner in snap polling after the first of three encounters.
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How the SPD is narrowing the gap in the German election campaign
After years of stagnation, the Social Democrats are enjoying a modest recovery under Olaf Scholz
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Will Armin Laschet succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor?
As Germany's leader prepares to step down, the past five years of polling show a country willing to consider political change.
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German elections 2021: the coalitions that could shape Germany’s future
A new series from the New Statesman focusing on the German Federal Election 2021. Who is in the running to…
Germany after Merkel
Jeremy Cliffe hosts a live recording of the World Review podcast at the Progressive Governance Summit.
Who will replace Angela Merkel as German chancellor?
Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington DC discuss the latest in global affairs on the World Review…
Can Armin Laschet guide Germany’s fractured Christian Democrats to victory?
As the German Greens surge, Angela Merkel’s putative successor faces a formidable election test.
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As the Merkel era approaches its end, the German left has several paths to the chancellery
Berlin is buzzing with potential coalitions, but after a damaging year the CDU might benefit from a period in opposition.
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Joe Biden, Armin Laschet and the future of transatlantic relationships
The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin.
With Germany’s political future in the balance, centrist “Merkel voters” will be crucial
Angela Merkel’s cautious, incremental progressivism drew strong support from women and migrants. Can her successor retain them?
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To understand Germany’s successes, we must concentrate less on Angela Merkel
The German model is a package deal, whose transmission to Britain would require a decades-long institutional overhaul.
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Angela Merkel’s long chancellorship is nearing its close, but Merkelism will live on
A primer on German politics as it approaches an epochal transition.
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Angela Merkel’s chancellorship “runs and runs” as her ratings surge and lockdown is eased in Germany
Why, despite being at the height of her powers, the chancellor will probably not seek a fifth term. And I say goodbye…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed a further easing of lockdown measures with the heads of the country’s 16 states,…
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Chancellor Angela Merkel has bowed to pressure to lift lockdown restrictions as Germany emerges from the first wave of the outbreak. …
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It is no longer certain that Angela Merkel will complete her term as German chancellor
An early “Merxit” in 2020 is becoming, if not probable, at least thinkable.
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The future of German politics rests on a defining question: after Angela Merkel, what next?
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has resigned as CDU leader, destroying the chancellor’s carefully laid succession plan.
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What Boris Johnson’s row with Angela Merkel really means
Despite the spin, the conversation that Downing Street is using as a pretence to collapse negotiations is neither new nor…
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