With Germany's election looming, chancellor Angela Merkel is being challenged on her response to the 2015 refugee crisis.
Category: Germany
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.
German election saga finally over
Three months later, Germany has a government again. The outcome was expected, but the Social Democrats must still be feeling apprehensive.
The Merkel victory that wasn’t
Germany gets a coalition agreement, but the actual formation of a new government is still on hold until the Social Democrats approve it. All the signs are that they will.
Election roundup: Chile and the rest
The week's election updates from Chile, the Maldives, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Weekly election roundup
A more or less regular feature. This week, updates from Germany, Austria, the Maldives, Luxembourg, Georgia and the Czech Republic.
Germany coalition update
European coalitions work quite differently from Australian ones.
Centrism triumphant – sort of
The organ of French liberal opinion has an interesting view on Angela Merkel's victory.
