Troubled towers: the HQ in Frankfurt.
Kiefer
If Berlin doesn’t apply divisive rules that inflict pain on savers, expect cries of double standards from southern Europe.
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While Green Party candidates win elections and make policy in Germany, here the Green Party barely registers. Why? Contrasting electoral systems, and the fact that U.S. Greens run as purists, not as politicians.
My kingdom for a duvet …
Dundanim
As life gets faster and working hours get longer, it’s tempting to think the Sandman is paying us ever shorter visits.
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fredex/Shutterstock
The industrial revolution wasn’t all about the spinning jenny and steam power. Money talked, and it needs to again if power and prosperity are to flow to the UK regions.
A local election with national implications.
EPA/Bernd Von Jutrczenka
Past research suggests governing parties often take a hit in mid-term regional votes before recovering in national contests.
Sir Edward Lutyens-designed estate in Pimlico, London.
John Stillwell/PA
The ‘pay to stay’ policy reveals great differences in the perception of what, and who, social housing is for.
German lessons for migrants and refugees.
Daniel Karmann/EPA
Germany’s problems with integrating immigrants date back to before the refugee crisis.
Media at the scene of mall shooting in Munich.
REUTERS/Michael Dalder
A German culture scholar looks at how rising fear of terror and a week of violence has affected German media and politics. Will Germany’s open refugee policies last?
EPA/Kay Nietfeld
In her annual statement to the press, the German Chancellor insisted recent events would not change her stance on welcoming refugees.
After Cologne attacks.
EPA
Recent legal changes must be accompanied by a cultural shift.
EPA/Sven Hoppe
Instead of seeking to blame immigrants or Islamic State, Europeans need to rise to the challenge posed by the modern world.
Meet new British PM: Check.
EPA/Odd Andersen
Everyone is looking to the German leader to save the union in the wake of the Brexit vote.
Paul Pogba helps France beat Iceland 5-2.
EPA
The marketing wizardry used by sports multinationals to sell these little round things by the truckload.
EPA/Ian Langsdon
Angela Merkel and François Hollande are now alone at the top table, and there are no prizes for guessing who is drawing up the seating plan.
How to avoid the politics of revenge.
Toby Melville / PA Wire
Angela Merkel’s calmness is a key part of her negotiating strategy.
‘And he’s missed it’.
EPA
Perverse mental processes take over when the chips are down. And there’s something you can do about it.
Merkel: a watershed moment.
Kay Nietfeld/EPA
Angela Merkel has called for Europe to stand together in the face of Brexit.
Germans have been protesting against rape laws for years.
EPA/Hannibal Hanschke
German criminal law has not recognised rape unless the victim physically resists the attack. But a high-profile trial could be about to change that.
Greece needs genuine European support.
EPA/Alexandros Vlachos
Economic sense has been largely irrelevant in the unfolding Greek drama. Instead, morality has been at its heart.
Stampede imminent?
Lukasz Stefanski
Boris Johnson says so. But the reality about EU minimum wages and the effect on migration is more subtle.