Author Archives: Hugh Williamson

Angela Merkel may well win another term as chancellor, but she'll probably get stuck with the Social Democrats again. Plus, Helmut Schmidt makes a comeback

German politics is once again veering to the left. Meanwhile, former foreign minister Joschka Fischer's memoirs are thick on self-regard and thin on historical perspective

While Angela Merkel soothes a Germany that is sick of politics, her SPD coalition partners are haemorrhaging leaders. Plus some Stasi revisionism

Germany's long road to normal nationhood takes a new turn, with even the rock stars getting nationalistic and the liberal Die Zeit being rude about Turks

East Berlin wins the battle of the airports. And Schröder's reforms are more radical than most people realise - especially for the long-term unemployed