Interesting interview with @FabioDeMasi about German politics, the SPD’s coalition talks with Merkel, and the prospects for the country’s lefthttps://jacobinmag.com/2018/01/germany-elections-cdu-spd-merkel-schulz-coalition …
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@mmschwartz: "It may not take long for Germany’s centrist parties to absorb at least some of the AfD’s rhetoric if the new coalition agreement, a blueprint for the next government, is any indication."http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/30/germany-with-centrists-like-these/ …Show this thread -
Germany’s new Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has an historically paltry understanding of Russia-Western relations and hence an inconsistent foreign policy outlook. It’s shocking that the diplomacy of Europe’s powerhouse is led by someone so mediocrehttp://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/interview-with-german-foreign-minister-heiko-maas-a-1203113.html …
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Wolfgang Streeck: “in Germany today, one can oppose nationalism and the nation-state and at the same time pursue German national interests without having to admit it. A very comfortable ideological situation — just look at Angela Merkel.”https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/08/wolfgang-streeck-interview-germany-european-union …
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@leninology thoroughly takes down@SWagenknecht’s deeply flawed#Aufstehen movement: “it does lead to demagogic baiting – and soft-peddling the argument with the AfD, and vague genuflections to the ‘issues’ they raise”https://www.patreon.com/posts/20945069Show this thread
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