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ECFR this week: 11th May 2012

Date: 11th May 2012  |  Author: Andreas Mullerleile,

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Tags: , eurozone, eurozone , france, germany , germany, greece, greece , china

Europe is changing. While hopes are high that Francois Hollande can change the politics of the eurozone, the election in Greece radically transformed the Greek political landscape. However, as Thomas Klau argues, both events can be seen as catalysts for a political reinvention of Europe. 

• Hans Kundnani argues that Germany's self-centredness and short-term thinking disqualify it as a hegemon.

• The politics of Benjamin Netanyahu's “Big Fat Israeli Coalition” - an in-depth analysis by Daniel Levy.

• Nicu Popescu looks the different leadership transitions in Russia and China. 

• As part of ECFR's Reinvention project, we are running a series of blog posts looking at thematic issues facing Europe as it attempts to deal with the financial crisis. In the first in this series, Tibor Dessewffy examines the attraction of populist politics in Hungary. 

• Ulrike Guerot moved to New York and writes about elections in a place called ‘Euroland’. 

• Is Germany’s love for brutal austerity waning? Sebastian Dullien shares his impressions from a recent Bundestag hearing.

• Nicholas Walton is thinking about what Europe can learn from Japan about embracing demographic decline.

• The Eurovision Song Context is coming to Baku and Jana Kobzova examines the relations between the EU and Azerbaijan. 

• The view from Madrid: Jose Ignacio Torreblanca writes about the future of Europe, power and democracy.

• Our Madrid office published a podcast with a debate on the elections in France and Greece feat. Nacho Molina, José Ignacio Torreblanca and Sami Naïr (in Spanish).

• ECFR London event on 17 May: 'What makes Belarus so difficult?’ 

• As well as the paper on Franco-German relations, ECFR is also planning to publish a new policy brief on the emerging special relationship between Germany and China - and what it means for Europe’s strategic partnership with China. Next week on our website!