The long road to peace: Europe at 60
Today’s European Union may seem like a market place, a granter of subsidies, and an experiment in governance. But at its core Europe is still the search for peace – it just took a 60 year detour
Note from Berlin
European defence and the two per cent mantra
The best route to improved European defence capabilities is to build on the patchwork of co-operation that already exists – with Germany at its centre
New energy in the Franco-German motor
External threats have brought Berlin and Paris closer together than ever before
Pariah no more? Poland weighs its options
Angela Merkel’s visit to Warsaw is the most important meeting of German and Polish leaders since 1989
Berlin: Ukraine’s last ally standing?
Russian advance and US withdrawal could see Ukraine ever more dependent on continued German support
Schulz, Merkel, and Gabriel: The ebb and flow of electoral politics
For both Merkel and Schulz, the upcoming campaign will be a litmus test of their European outlook
Europe’s priority now is to keep the union of 27 together
London waves farewell to Berlin as Germany softens on EU dissent. But the goal remains: the EU’s survival
Trump and Europe: Dilemmas of discontinuity
If Germany was the EU’s lonely leader a year ago, it is even more so now
German-Dutch relationship key to EU coalition building
Better coalition-building among European countries is called as polarisation erodes European solidarity and cooperation
From Ankara with love/hate
Because Germany has deeper roots than any other European nation in Turkish society, it is also the country that is bearing the brunt of Turkey’s domestic problems