While the new vehicle for resentment of Southern Europe remains unlikely to play a role in Germany’s new government, even a modest showing at the polls could have ripple effects down the line.
Drawing a contrast with the cautious, technocratic Merkel, center-left leader Peer Steinbrück hopes to capitalize on her stalling poll numbers with a wild magazine cover.
Anxiety about a fixed amount of economic resources, even in one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, speaks to a broadly similar response to recent financial crises.
Her outsized personality and strong economic record give her the ability to shape the debate on favorable terms as middling opposition fails to cohere into a legitimate threat.
A fig leaf to populist conservatives flirting with the U.K. Independence Party, albeit one that the P.M. expects to be derailed, pleasing much of the British right.
Has the most unpopular politician in modern French history found a strategy to cure what ails him?
The new government announces plans to hold a referendum on joining a 27-member body whose brand has taken a steady dive since 2008.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Angela Merkel, punching bag of populist pols across the continent, was on the receiving end of a nasty joke.
Facing a revolt from the right, Britain’s prime minister insists on seizing the center.
The new prime minister is attempting a delicate tightrope, hugging the European Union while leading the trend away from pure austerity.
