The end of an era in Europe
Publicerat på Project Syndicate Everyone is talking about the end of an era in Europe — and that’s correct. Angela Merkel has declared her intention to step down, first as Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and then, in 2021 at the latest, as chancellor. In power in Berlin for 13 years, Merkel has been a towering personality in the complicated politics of European integration, partly because of the sheer size and weight of Germany, but to a very large degree becaus
Winning peace
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin It was a hundred years ago a month from now that the guns fell silent on the Western Front. For four long years millions of men and women had fought. Many millions had lost their life. Countries had been devastated. But now, finally, an armistice agreement came into force. But it wasn’t peace. The armistice did not cover the east of Europe, where fighting continued to rage for years in the wake of the collapse of the Russian Empire and the Bolsh