I had another chat with Jose Fialho Gouveia that contributed to an article on the possible restarting of the French-German integration motor. Here is the article (in Portuguese). [contentcards url="http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/com-macron-e-schulz-de-mao-dada-ue-pode-reencontrar-motor-historico-5687961.html"]
Warum ich glaube, daß die Kandidatur von Martin Schulz keine Gamechanger ist: Mit ZeitOnline habe ich darüber gesprochen [contentcards url="http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-02/spd-martin-schulz-bundestagswahl-2017-interview"]
Does the European Radical Right present a united front vis-a-vis the European Union, and is there a Trump effect that could further the cause of the Radical Right in Europe? I don’t think so (and here is an automated English translation). [contentcards url="http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/ue-debaixo-de-fogo-dentro-de-casa-no-ano-do-vai-ou-racha-5637863.html"]
With the upcoming (well, sort of) election and the shenanigans in the SPD, the world is watching Germany. The other day, I was interviewed by a journalist working for Diário de Notícias. [contentcards url="http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/schulz-contra-merkel-nas-eleicoes-mas-geringonca-pouco-provavel-5628465.html"] Just like the next guy, I love the sound of Portuguese, but I don’t understand any more than the odd word…
Before Christmas, I had yet another chat with the journalist Yardena Schwartz, who covers Germany for various outlets in the US. Parts of our conversation re-surface in a piece she wrote for Politico on Germany’s Far Right: [contentcards url="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/germanys-far-right-rises-again-214543"] She also published an article on how the Far Right tries to capitalise from the Berlin…
Auch der zweite Versuch, die NPD vom Bundesverfassungsgericht verbieten zu lassen, hat nicht zum Erfolg geführt. Mit dem “Volksfreund” aus Trier habe ich über Gründe und mögliche Folgen des gescheiterten NPD-Verbotsverfahrens gesprochen.
I recently had a lengthy chat with Yardena Schwartz on the AfD’s significance for German politics, and their likely trajectory. One thing that came out of it is a CJR article on the (mis?)representation of the AfD and their voters in the German media. I don’t agree with everything she writes, but it is certainly…
Der rheinland-pfälzische Landtag wird in Zukunft die Pressemeldungen der Fraktionen nicht mehr auf seiner Homepage veröffentlichen. Hintergrund ist, die Landtagsverwaltung nicht für möglicherweise justiziable Aussagen der AfD in Mithaftung genommen werden möchte. Über diesen Vorgang habe ich gestern mit dem Trierischen Volksfreund gesprochen. Einige Einschätzungen zur Vokabel “Volksverrat” sind in diesen Artikel eingeflossen: [contentcards url="http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/region/rheinlandpfalz/rheinlandpfalz/Rheinland-Pfalz-und-Nachbarn-Landtag-reagiert-auf-ruppigen-Ton-der-AfD;art806,4572988"]
I had a lengthy chat with someone from Bloomberg on the AfD and their use of Social Media. The result is a short piece with some soundbites by me. If you want to know a little more about the AfD’s role in the darker corners of the German Interwebs, have a look at my APSA…
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich darüber gesprochen, ob die AfD in Ostdeutschland zur Volkspartei wird. [contentcards url="http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/konkurrenz-fuer-cdu-und-spd-afd-auf-dem-weg-zur-volkspartei/14883190.html"]