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German effectiveness is a myth. If Germans are obsessed with anything it isn't getting stuff done, it's following "the process." In politics, not getting results is almost never punished, breaking

I'm going to use a purely hypothetical example to illustrate my point. Let's say an apocalyptic death cult is trying to conquer the Middle East and you're calling Berlin for

Millions of Germans live in a parallel universe in which a militarised, warmongering Germany with a few soldiers in Lithuania is forcing Putin (who actually wants to be nice) to

Not sure why you'd want to but with Merkel in office since 2005 you could communicate almost exclusively in Merkel gifs. A thread: Amused? There's a Merkel gif for that

Merkel is on her way out and many people worry that one of the few remaining anchors of sanity in our crazy world will break away once she's out of

I came across a collection of election posters for the German centre-right CDU (Merkel's party) starting in 1946 and they provide such an interesting window into modern history. A thread

If I were the Chinese government, I'd start to worry about my relationship to Germany right about now. Things are not going well for the CCP. The centre-left Foreign Minister

Wondering what happens in Germany after Merkel? Black-Green (CDU/CSU+Greens) remains most likely, but Red-Red-Green (SPD+Linke+Greens) is possible. I'm mentioning this because the far-left Linke is currently debating their stance on

When Merkel or Johnson or Macron lose power, they'll have more time to relax or give speeches. When dictators like Lukashenko lose power, they often end up in prison, exile

I’m not even sure populists will have to make that argument to succeed. Our economies are crashing, millions of people will lose their jobs. That alone will be a big