Mit dem Handesblatt bzw. dts habe ich über die Kandidatur von Friedrich Merz für den CDU-Vorsitz und dessen mögliche Folgen für die AfD gesprochen. [contentcards url="https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/cdu-vorsitz-cdu-konservative-wollen-mit-friedrich-merz-afd-waehler-zurueckgewinnen/23251454.html" target="_blank"]
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich über die mittelfristigen Zukunftsaussichten der AfD gesprochen: [contentcards url="http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/analyse-langes-ueberleben-oder-schnelles-scheitern-wovon-die-zukunft-der-afd-abhaengt/21176460.html"]
Yardena Schwartz has written a portrait of the AfD’s Frauke Petry for Newsweek, with some input and a couple of verbatim quotes from me. [contentcards url="https://www.newsweek.com/2017/03/17/frauke-petry-germany-afd-party-nationalism-564872.html"]
Over at Diário de Notícias, Jose Fialho Gouveia has published another article on Germany, Schulz, and all that jazz, once more with a couple of my cents added. By the way, don’t you just love the imagery of beer jug hefting German politicians? [contentcards url="http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/merkel-perde-tapete-vermelho-e-schulz-pode-mesmo-ganhar-5745729.html"] If you’re interested, here is the English transcript of our…
The Herald of Scotland ran a feature on Germany’s Far Right and its relationship with (Neo-)Nazism, with some input from me. [contentcards url="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15134407.Shadow_of_Nazism_hangs_over_Germany__39_s_resurgent_far_right/"]
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…