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New political leaders do not invent new national strategies. Rather, they adapt enduring national strategies to the moment. On Tuesday, Francois Hollande will be inaugurated as France's president, and soon after taking the oath of office, he will visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. At this moment, the talks are expected to be about austerity and the European Union, but the underlying issue remains constant: France's struggle for a dominant role in European affairs at a time of German ascendance.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Die schwarz-gelbe Bundesregierung will die Steuern senken, wogegen SPD und Grüne im Grundsatz auch gar nichts haben. Allerdings fordert die Opposition, dass im Gegenzug die Steuern für Reiche steigen müssen. Dem aber kann wiederum die FDP nicht zustimmen. Parteichef Rösler steckt in einem Dilemma.
Änderungen zu Mediengesetz vorgelegt - Ombudsmann fordert mehr
Barack Obama confirms a change in his position on gay marriage in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts
A Hungarian – so goes the old, oft-told joke - is someone who enters a revolving door behind you but contrives to get out first. These days it seems a Hungarian government is one that withdraws a tax as you go in the door but has a new one ready when you come out. And for good measure, while the cancelled tax was temporary, the one at the exit is permanent.
Europe needs to rediscover its élan and purpose or we will sleepwalk into disintegration and disunity – warns MEP and ALDE group leader
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's fragile democracy and weak institutions ... he has bullied the media, tampered with the judiciary, [and] exercised arbitrary power."
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