Party Warms to Merkel’s Successor, Voters Not So Much
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has wood the Christian right, but at the expense of goodwill in the center.
Nick Ottens
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
Small EU Countries Resist Franco-German Push for Protectionism
France and Germany fear being crowded out by China and the United States.
Democratic Primary News
O’Rourke is running for president, passing up on an opportunity to win a Senate seat for Democrats.
Britain Is Still Making Brexit Impossible
Lawmakers vote down the withdrawal agreement a second time.
Germany’s Kramp-Karrenbauer Answers Macron’s Call for EU Reform
Angela Merkel’s designated successor embraces some of the French president’s proposals but warns against overreach.
Democratic Primary News
Hickenlooper and Inslee are in, Bloomberg and Clinton are out.
Macron Doesn’t Need to Appease the Far Right
There is no point in watering down EU reforms. Euroskeptics will oppose them anyway.
How Likely Is Macron’s European Renaissance?
Harmonizing asylum laws and wages may be a bridge too far.
The Euroskeptic Contradiction
Euroskeptics accuse the EU of being undemocratic but resist reforms that could make it more democratic.
Macron Fights His Way Back
Three months after the Yellow Vests, the French president has regained the initiative.
Britain’s New Centrist Party Needs Electoral Reform
There is room in the middle of British politics. The problem is the first-past-the-post system.
Democratic Primary News
Sanders is running. Klobuchar shies away from free college and health care.
Dutch Ruling Parties Likely to Lose Upper House Majority
If the parties lose the Senate, they may need to call early elections for the lower chamber.
What the European Election Polls Reveal
The liberals are poised to become kingmakers. The Euroskeptic right still struggles to unite.
Spanish Parties Rule Out Centrist Coalition After Election
The Citizens rule out a pact with the Socialists, who rule out a pact with the right.