Germany's recent economic success has been much admired across Europe. But an examination of what Germany's model really entails suggest it is not necessarily something Britain should copy as it searches for success of its own.
Why the German model is not a blueprint for Europe
öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion zur Rolle des deutschen Wirtschaftsmodells in Europa
Petit déjeuner-débat au Sénat consacré aux enjeux des prochaines élections européennes.
Does the launch of a new Eurosceptic party in Germany suggest there is fertile ground for a real alternative ahead of elections later this year, despite Merkel's refusal to countenance change?
Alle für einen oder einer gegen alle? Wie ist Deutschlands und Europas Rolle im UN Sichereitsrat zu bewerten?
How the euro crisis has affected politics in 14 EU member states
2012 saw continuing crisis in the eurozone, growing Euroscepticism and populism in some corners of Europe, faltering transitions in Egypt and elsewhere, more violence in Syria, a new leadership in China, and both Putin II and Obama II. So what will 2013 hold?
As part of the ’Reinventing Europe' project, ECFR is publishing a series of papers on the national debates within EU member states over the crisis and the future direction of Europe. In the fourteenth of the series Thomas Klau analyses the situation in France.
President Obama's continued foreign policy pivot away from Europe may be unwelcome in the EU, but it creates an opportunity for Germany to show that it is capable of taking responsibility in foreign affairs.