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“ “I think the outcome of the [German] election was that broadly pro-European parties did very well. I mean, it was the far-left and the far-right that lost significantly, and then you had a shift from the incumbent CDU to the more pro-European, at least in fiscal terms, Greens and the SPD.”

The Guardian
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Jacob Kirkegaard
Elections

“ This is a generational change after 16 years of one person in power, I think for that reason alone, Germans are very unsure about who would be the proper successor to Angela Merkel.”

Washington Post
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Sudha David-Wilp
Elections

“ The Greens can be happy that they've improved in terms of results since the last election cycle, but they definitely did not fulfill expectations. Baerbock didn't meet the moment. At one point, the party was leading the pack, there were far greater expectations for them.”

CNN
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Sudha David-Wilp
Elections

“ "[Angela Merkel] has left a very fragmented political landscape in Germany, so it looks like it's going to take three parties to form a majority for the next government. So the small parties, the Greens and the FDP, are sort of banding together to call the shots for the next government.”

NPR
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Sudha David-Wilp
Defense Cooperation Foreign Policy

“ hinter der ungarischen Rhetorik politisches Kalkül steckt. Die Botschaft der ungarischen Regierung an die EU laute: „Wenn ihr uns das Geld nicht gebt, dann können wir noch ungemütlicher für euch werden.”

RP Online
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Daniel Hegedüs
Elections

“ It’s so unprecedented that it’s not even clear who talks with whom on whose invitation about what, because the Constitution does not have guardrails for a situation like that... [Merkel] was the steady hand at the helm, the steady presence.”

New York Times
Elections

“ There is a structural shift going on in German politics. A multidimensional chess game has opened.”

New York Times
Elections

“ Social Democrats aren’t offering a new package, they’re offering a centrist who makes you forget the party behind it.”

New York Times
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