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The 2025 Bundestag election and beyond
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Local elections in NRW show how Germany’s tradition of centrist coalition now depends upon the Greens
Read more: Local elections in NRW show how Germany’s tradition of centrist coalition now depends upon the GreensElections for city and district councils across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the second half of September offer a picture of the strength of Germany’s political parties that is not overwhelmed by the spectre of the AfD.
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What will success look like? The government’s narrative and its flaws
Read more: What will success look like? The government’s narrative and its flawsWhat story is Germany’s new government going to tell its citizens to persuade them that what it is doing can be seen as success? In his first address to the Bundestag as Chancellor, on 14 May, Friedrich Merz provided the start of an answer.
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Migration, levelling up? German disenchantment with federal politics lies deeper
Read more: Migration, levelling up? German disenchantment with federal politics lies deeperOn the day when Friedrich Merz’s election to the Chancellorship brought Germany’s new Black-Red government into being, I want to focus on a political statistic from Thuringia which, when it has moved, has always done so in the same direction over 35 years.