1. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, talks with Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, in Washington DC, April 15, 2011

    European Leaders Plan for Partial Greek Default

    As Greece struggles to mend its deficit, eurozone countries debate whether to help banks in the event of a default.

  1. The German Reichstag building in Berlin, July 11, 2011 (João Sheeperson)

    German Parliament Votes to Expand Euro Rescue Fund

    After Austria and Finland, Germany ratified the expansion of Europe’s temporary bailout mechanism.

  1. A German Green party rally in Berlin, September 12, 2009 (Henning Bulka)

    Green Cosmopolitanism Fashionable in North Europe

    Socially liberal green parties are on the rise from Britain to Berlin. They appeal to students and young urban professionals.

  1. Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, during a conservative party event in Bensheim, Hessen, March 27, 2011

    Eurobond Issuance Thwarted by German High Court

    A German court decision puts the issuance of Eurobonds on hold but they might have a future after the crisis.

  1. German foreign minister Guide Westerwelle speaks at a liberal party event in Chemnitz, Saxony, August 24, 2009

    Germany’s New Selfish Foreign Policy

    The familiar postwar Atlantic order may be upset if Germany pursues a foreign policy that makes sense.