Why I think Angela Merkel's performance on Sunday was rather better than you'd think from the newspaper headlines.
Category: Germany
Merkel wins, Jamaican
The leader of the free world is returned to office in a result that will probably see her in coalition with the Greens for the first time.
Who needs thresholds, anyway?
New Zealand copied its democratic electoral system from Germany, but also copied its least democratic and now pointless feature.
Election preview: Germany
Germans look set to vote their chancellor a fourth term, but the shape of her next government remains unclear.
A Weimar reflection
Some thoughts on the problem of political extremism, from the birthplace of German republicanism.
Germany, one month out
Germany votes in a month's time, and the polls are giving plenty of encouragement to Angela Merkel.
Merkel stands, more or less, on her record
With Germany's election looming, chancellor Angela Merkel is being challenged on her response to the 2015 refugee crisis.
May election roundup
An occasional feature. This week, France, Germany, Canada, the Bahamas and Austria.
It’s not all bad news on European fascism
Germany's far-right party deals itself out of political relevance, at least for the time being. Europe's leaders have some breathing space, if they know what to do with it.
The normalisation of Europe’s Greens
As the centre-right backs away from the European idea, the Greens are picking up some of the slack.
The World is Not Enough 