Eight things Americans should know about the Danish (and Nordic) welfare state
Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate had barely started when the two leading contenders, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and US senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont immediately...
View ArticleAnti-migrant mood brings record win for Swiss People’s Party
Toni Brunner, the leader of the Swiss People’s Party, will celebrate his party’s best-ever result in October 18 elections. (Keystone) Amid dual concerns about rising immigration and creeping concerns...
View ArticleReform-minded ‘MOST’ party set to play kingmaker in Croatia
Croatia’s social democratic prime minister, Zoran Milanović, will now look to lead a second consecutive government. (Facebook) Until this summer, the conservative Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (HDZ,...
View ArticleFar-right victory in Austrian presidential vote shocks Europe
Far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer easily won the first round of Austria’s presidential election. (Facebook) On a day when Serbians reelected their pro-European government in landslide, the...
View ArticleCan Hillary Clinton become America’s Mutti?
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton might find in German chancellor Angela Merkel a role model in the era of Trump (State Department) In 2008, US president Barack Obama won the largest...
View ArticleAs Gabriel steps aside, Schulz gives Germany’s SPD best shot in a generation
Martin Schulz, formerly the European Parliament president, has returned to German domestic politics in recent weeks. (Facebook) For the past two elections, Germany’s center-left has tried to stymie...
View ArticleTrump effect: Europe turning toward integration, away from populists
Across Europe, support for Trump-style populists is falling, even though many European populists were growing long before Trump entered the political scene. (123RF / Evgeny Gromov) If there’s one thing...
View ArticleSaarland’s predictive value for German federal elections is virtually nil
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a conservative Christian Democrat, won a second term as minister-president in Saarland on March 26. (Facebook) No sooner than Martin Schulz seemed to have captured political...
View ArticleKraft steps down as NRW result gives boost to Merkel’s fourth-term hopes
Hannelore Kraft will step down as the regional leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia after leading the state’s government for seven years. (Facebook) There’s no way for the...
View ArticleGermany could achieve marriage equality by week’s end
Germany is, by far, the largest and most important European country that hasn’t yet adopted universal recognition of same-sex marriage. (Adam Berry / Getty) The last time that the Brandenburg Gate was...
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