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Germany’s political outliers embarrassing their parties

  • 6th July 2021,
  • by
    Ben Knight
All major German political parties have a politician who knows how to play to the gallery with carefully honed outrageous statements —  to the..
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Why the German urban middle class is going Green

  • 17th July 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
In the European Parliament elections, the Greens won all of Germany’s major cities, secured a third..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Words Don’t Come Easy: “Populism”

  • 29th April 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
There are fears that the growing populist forces on the right and left are paving the..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Close-Up: Robert Habeck

  • 27th February 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
In a political landscape beset by fragmentation, Germanyʼs Greens are going from strength to strength. Their..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Conservative at Heart

  • 3rd January 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
New CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has often been called an “Angela Merkel 2.0”. In fact, AKK..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Friedrich Merz: Germany’s Next Chancellor?

  • 30th November 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
At a key party conference in early December, Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party is poised to..
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As Seen In - Berlin Policy Journal - German politics - Germany

Flying High on Pessimism

  • 30th October 2018,
  • by
    Ben Knight
The far-right AfD has gained ever more popularity since its breakthrough in 2017. The party’s rise..
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Audio: Podcasts and Radio Reports - Feature Story

Mario Draghi, Angela Merkel and Wer wird Millionär, Conceptual Artists

  • 11th June 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Podcast News, June 4-6, 2014: Explaining Draghi’s interest rate decisions, Merkel’s non-appearance on Wer wird Millionär
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EU Parliament and Nationalists, Spiegel Columnist and Kate Middleton’s bum

  • 28th May 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
May 03-28, 2014: Why the nationalist parties in the EU parliament don’t matter, Spiegel columnist John
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Audio: Podcasts and Radio Reports - Feature Story

CDU and European Elections, Gerhard Schröder and Conchita Wurst

  • 15th May 2014,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Podcast News, June 4-6, 2014:  Quirky CDU European election ads, bad boy Gerhard Schröder and not..
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