Daily View 2×2: 28 September 2009
2 Big Stories Germany elects new centre-right government to be led by Angela Merkel The Financial Times reports: Germany is on course for its first centre-right government in 11 years after voters gave...
View ArticleTunisian Liberals excluded from country’s new political process
The confused situation in Tunisia has seen a provisional government formed from which the country’s liberals, the Social Liberal Party, has been excluded. Only representatives of socialist groups and...
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5 reasons not to assume the FDP wipeout in the German elections will happen...
An amazing result for Angela Merkel, increasing her vote and almost winning an absolute majority for the conservative CDU in her third election. A dire one for the liberal FDP, eliminated from the...
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Opinion: One further lesson from the FDP
A lot of people have focussed on the FDP’s failure to surpass the 5% hurdle to gain representation in the German Bundestag, following elections this weekend. While a quirk, there is another way the...
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Opinion: Nicht Schadenfreude, sondern Selbstverteidigung*
The exit of the Free Democrats [FDP] from the German Parliament for the first time since World War II is not just an unforeseen consequence of the spectacular success of Angela Merkel. It is a...
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