It is clear that the two countries do already enjoy a significant level of political and security dialogue
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The region’s been crowded out by other global crises, but there’s also a sense of Western hopelessness after so many years of crisis
The situation in the Middle East has deteriorated significantly in more countries and in more ways in the last two years, observes Julien Barnes-Dacey
It remains a topic most politicians are really afraid of, even though it is and will be one of the global challenges
Andreas Bock argues that migration has become such an intractable issue that all three main German political parties have stayed away from the topic in this election campaign
Piotr Buras is quoted in Ouest France about the European expectations for post-Merkel Germany
The German weekly newspaper refers to ECFR’s latest opinion polling on Germany’s role in Europe
The rise of Olaf Scholz in recent weeks is a consequence of the weaknesses of the other two candidates and his strategy to present himself as Angela Merkel’s natural successor
Rafael Loss argues that Olaf Scholz’s recent success hinges on the weakness of the other two chancellor candidates