The strange death of the centre right
In Western democracies conventional conservativism is foundering. How did this once-dominant political force become so diminished?
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In Western democracies conventional conservativism is foundering. How did this once-dominant political force become so diminished?
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Baltics and German Greens: unexpected allies on Russia? – opinion 8 Annalena Baerbock / AP Vilnius has long hoped for Germany to take a harder stance on Russia. With the Greens eyeing the chancellor’s seat, will the Baltics find unexpected allies in Berlin? Jeroen Bult writes. Is German foreign policy heading for a revolution? Will Berlin finally relinquish its ever-cautious approach of Russia? These tempting questions must have crossed the minds of Baltic policymakers after hearing the news that Annalena Baerbock has been nominated as the Chancellor candidate of The Greens for the German...
No experiments: Armin Laschet is elected leader of Germany’s CDU The moderate Rhinelander is now front-runner to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. “Keine Experimente” (no experiments) ran the political slogan of Konrad Adenauer. The co-founder and first leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the postwar Federal Republic of Germany’s first chancellor was a Catholic moderate from the Rhineland who conceived of his party’s role as bridging divides between different segments of society and offering stability, consensus and restraint. The formula has ser...