Crisis in Social Democracy, crisis in Europe?
The competition that has characterised European politics for years has been between a centre-left and centre-right. This may have come to an end.
The competition that has characterised European politics for years has been between a centre-left and centre-right. This may have come to an end.
Like their Merkel neighbours, the German people and their elites will have to face the problems of nationalism.
As a candidate and negotiating country, Turkey is closely following the recent developments and debates about the EU’s current situation and future, since they are intimately related to its own future.
Angela Merkel is not only German, she is Germany. Her latest victory in the elections, while expected, heralds a new phase for the EU, albeit limited.
The US threat of budget cuts or other means of reducing the importance of the United Nations highlights the need for a more independent and balanced organisation through the reinvigorated role of other powers, such as the EU.
The transformations that have taken place in the EU’s Mediterranean Neighbourhood have reduced the options for a shrinking Euro-Mediterranean policy.
Putting its weight behind the status quo is at the core of Germany’s emerging grand strategy. This involves keeping the EU up, the US in, and Russia and China out.
Europe appears to have overcome its fear of the future, although there is no consensus about what precisely that future may be.
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