In BerlinWhat does the debate on the electoral threshold tell us about Germany?Why the proposal to lower the threshold from 5 to 3 per cent is causing a rift in the consensus on a rule that has remained unchanged for seventy yearsbyDaniel Mosseri8 AUG 26
in GermanyMerz has ‘Merkel syndrome’. He knows everything but doesn’t know how to make himself likedThe Chancellor said that German cities had become ugly because of immigration; he claimed that Iran had humiliated Donald Trump; and he returned from a climate summit in Belém, Brazil, remarking: “But who would want to stay there?”. A string of gaffes that is exacerbating his popularity crisisbyDaniel Mosseri1 AUG 26
the block is not very compactUkraine’s accession to the EU is an achievable goal, but unanimity is requiredA paper explains how to integrate Kyiv in accordance with the Merz formula and keep everyone happy, from "principled conditionalists" to "security maximalists", right through to Hungary, which "is a case in its own right"byDaniel Mosseri25 JUL 26
