It is not too late for the United Kingdom to learn from other EU member-states that with stricter labor market rules and better job training, there is nothing to fear from immigration.
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Germany a “Captive of Russia”? How About America a Captive of Texas?
Germany, President Trump charged yesterday at the NATO summit, is “a captive of Russia.” He was referencing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which, when completed, will enable Germany to get much of its natural gas from Russia. By any other criteria, Germany might be said to be less of a Russian captive than Trump himself, […]
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Angela Merkel has come and gone…
…her visit to the White House late last week a veritable blip between the rapturous welcome given Emmanuel Macron and the uneasy chortles accorded Michelle Wolf. President Trump seems somewhat confounded by the challenge that Merkel’s Germany presents: an ally, but also a nag insisting that the U.S. adhere to the Iran agreement (as did […]
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Is Another Youth Rebellion in the Making?
It’s been half a century since young people around the world asserted that the times were “a-changin’.” Could another youth rebellion be in the making?
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Germany: Can the Center Hold?
Coalition talks between Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and Martin Schulz’s Social Democrats have begun. Will the German center hold, or will the talks end in collapse and an end of the Merkel era?
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Germany Votes
In this year’s federal election, Angela Merkel won a fourth term, but the German far-right achieved its strongest showing since World War II.
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France and Germany: An Aging Couple Carries On
Merkel and Macron need each other, as emblems of a still vital European center. But can Macron deliver more than symbols, and will Merkel take her foot off Europe’s oxygen hose?
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A Turn in European Terror
Targets of terror in France and Germany have shifted from well-defened government facilities to more vulnerable public spaces.