German politics is a mess
Will a February snap election bring about the change so many of them crave?
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Tuesday
Thursday
Germany's traffic-light coalition was doomed from the start
The short-term future looks rather bleak
Monday
Olaf Scholz has won a hollow victory in Brandenburg’s state elections
But the writing remains on the wall for his traffic light coalition
Saturday
Germany’s tragedy is that it isn't ready for the future
If Europe’s wealthiest, biggest country cannot significantly rearm, what does this mean for the continent?
Sunday
The unlikely rise of Germany’s defence minister
Some are concerned that skepticism towards a stronger military runs deep in Germany’s political class
Sunday
Meet Tomio Okamura, the Czech Republic’s answer to Nigel Farage
For a brief period during last month’s Czech election campaign it seemed like the country was heading toward a Czexit referendum. Prime Minister Andrej Babis was desperately looking for a coalition partner and the Eurosceptic Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party had insisted on a referendum as part of any deal. In the end, the Czech PM couldn’t scrape together a majority, meaning a pro-EU coalition will take over this month. But it was still nothing short of remarkable for the country to come so close to holding a referendum on its EU membership. The leader of the SPD, Tomio Okamura, was the key figure behind this push for an
