Banking & Finance
Bundestag Bombshell
For Merz, after half a year struggling with a caretaker government and disappointing snap election results for the democratic center parties, especially the Social…
Germany in Crisis
On the day Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term, the main German stock index DAX briefly rose over 21,000 for the first…
Economy & Globalization
Deutschland Debacle
Germany’s traffic-light coalition of Social Democrats, Greens, and Liberals is unable to escape crisis mode. The coalition’s top leaders, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the…
Germany on the Firing Line
Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump started a global trade war, attacking high German current account surpluses and threatening penalty tariffs on German cars,…
Politics
Merz asserts himself. But does he have a game plan?
My newest Letter from Berlin paints a picture of a Germany full of contradictions. Under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the country appears more assertive and influential on the international stage than it has in years. At home, however, it continues to struggle with economic stagnation, reform paralysis, and growing political discontent. While Merz is emerging as…
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