Addressing parliament for the first time since her clash with Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, the German chancellor sought to stress a common way forward. But things remain tense both inside and outside her coalition. Budgetary debates in the Bundestag are always occasions for the German government to offer general justifications for its policies — and […]
Germany’s Martin Schulz Wants ‘United States of Europe’ Within Eight Years…
The leader of Germany’s Social Democratic party has sketched out red lines for talks to form another coalition government with Angela Merkel. In a speech at the SPD’s party conference in Berlin that called for the creation of a “United States of Europe” by 2025, as well as a more robust social security net and […]