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Germany’s next top Chancellor candidate

The prime minister of Germany’s most populous state is not running for Angela Merkel’s job as head of her party. But that doesn’t mean the popular and powerful politician doesn’t have designs on running Germany eventually. The black Mercedes carrying … Weiterlesen

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Hell of a way to run a railroad

Deutsche Bahn is celebrating solid financial results and the opening of a prestigious new high-speed line. But the good news masks a deep malaise that threatens to derail the state monopoly. It’s not so long ago that the train journey … Weiterlesen

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Tilting at Windmills

Three German parties are attempting to woo voters by standardizing the country’s highly fractured education system. Chances of success are next to nil. „Good education is part and parcel of economic and social reason,“ said Martin Schulz, the Social Democrats’ … Weiterlesen

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Europe’s K Street

In one aspect at least, the European Union is fast catching up to the worst aspects of democracy in the United States: the power of lobbyists. As a nest for lobbyists, Brussels still does not come close to Washington, DC, … Weiterlesen

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