Angela Merkel has emerged the loser from the refugee crisis. And, alongside her, the Kantian imperative, a philosophy deeply entrenched in German
Europe is moving to the right. Germany has been the country whose population has put up the longest and most enduring resistance
Italy is slowly carving a new role for itself in the European crisis: A role that may prove very successful in the
There is no place like Europe: a single market, a common citizenship and a whole lot of muddling through. This column is dedicated to the world´s laboratory for accumulating sovereignty – and to th
Ever since assuming office, Angela Merkel has been criticized for focusing on power. The claim that she does so is made with
Who is Angela Merkel? Seriously. What does she do for a living? Oh, she’s the German chancellor? Well, you would never guess
Bjørn Lomborg questions the conventional environmental argumentation and highlights alternative paths to an ecological wellbeing. The former Greenpeace member refuses to accept the pessimistic outloo
When I saw the first polls go up on Sunday afternoon, I cried. "Not because I was rooting for Peer Steinbrück, nor
"One woman to rule them all()":http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21586343-german-voters-should-re-elect-angela-merkel-their-chancellorand-europes-leader-one-woman headlined “The Economist” a week ago and portrayed Angela Merkel surrounded by European landmarks. The chancellor
One could almost suspect that the timing for the rescue of the “Costa Concordia” wreck has been masterminded to coincide with the