Katja Hoyer

March 13, 2025
German Left Is Holding Friedrich Merz to Ransom
“The Left is gone,” declared Friedrich Merz just before the German election. Confident of victory for his centre-right CDU/CSU, the likely next chancellor...
February 19, 2025
Can Germany Rise to the Challenge of Protecting Europe?
When European leaders discussed their response to US-Russian negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz felt ‘a little irritated’....
January 31, 2025
German Left on Verge of Collapse as Election Nears
Ahead of the German elections on 23 February, much has been said and written about the rise of the German Right. Combined, the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the...