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.
Desperate German oppo makes goofy pre-election gamble
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Germany’s Social Democrats in no position to benefit from anti-E.U. rage
Two-term chancellor Angela Merkel has proven to be the most able politician in modern Germany.
Channeling anger at bailouts, Merkel slams Greece as unfit for eurozone
German chancellor is still likely to escape next month’s election test with her coalition intact, and, ironically, the specter of more aid for Greece might help her distract from anger at NSA spying.
Merkel threads the needle on U.S. spying
Making symbolic and rhetorical gestures to ease anxiety about NSA surveillance programs, a minor blip on her cruise to re-election.
Merkel’s Nazi problem
The profuse imagery, when combined with a domestic uproar over her role in U.S. surveillance, has the potential to derail the popular prime minister.
Merkel’s privacy issues
The beloved politician is struggling to reconcile her image as leader of Europe with the revelations about U.S. spying on her soil.
Merkel’s election-year austerity dance
Triangulating against the left to deprive it of campaign talking points while keeping a wary eye on the new euroskeptic party, one that could theoretically end up being a coalition partner.
The nightmare scenario for Merkel is not (yet) real
The ingredients for Merkel’s undoing seems to have come into focus.
Merkel hopes what happens in Hanover stays in Hanover
The challenge for Merkel is to establish some distance from coalition partners the Free Democrats, who are sometimes seen as squabblers with too many ideological hang-ups.
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