German elections and the end of Merkel's era
28 | september | 2021
The German federal elections of September 26, 2021 mark the end of the so-called Merkel era, after 16 years as head of the government. The SPD's victory by only 1.6% over the CDU and the results of several political forces open up the possibility of several multiparty coalitions. In the European Union and in international politics, Germany's role will become increasingly relevant in a transitional context in the international system..
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German election results — in charts [27/09/2021]
Cornelius Hirsch, Politico
Elections en Allemagne: comment le Bundestag a changé depuis 1949 [27/09/2021]
Pierre Breteau, Le Monde
German election 2021: which coalitions can govern? [27/09/2021]
Ben Walker, New Statesman
After 16 years of Angela Merkel, what’s next for Germany? (podcast) [17/09/2021]
Constanze Stelzenmüller & Adrianna Pita, Brookings Institution
Explainer: What are the main issues in Germany's federal election? [24/09/2021]
Paul Carrel, Reuters
German elections 2021: Simple guide to vote ending Merkel era [09/2021]
BBC
Poll of Polls – Germany [09/2021]
Politico
2021 Bundestag elections [09/2021]
Deutschland.de
Opinions & Analysis
Germany’s leadership gap [28/09/2021]
Mujtaba Rahman, Politico
Germans have voted to replace Angela Merkel – here are 7 ways to understand the results so far [27/09/2021]
Matt Fitzpatrick, The Conversation
Europe is losing its moral compass – how will it find its way without Merkel? [27/09/2021]
Marion Van Renterghem, The Guardian
Coalition talks in Germany will forge the path ahead. Here’s what the parties need to tackle. [27/09/2021]
Katja Hoyer, Washington Post
Germany election: Olaf Scholz’s social democrats come out on top but smaller parties hold the key to government [27/09/2021]
Ed Turner, The Conversation
Post-Merkel, a muddle: 9 German election takeaways [27/09/2021]
Florian Eder, Politico
Will the Next German Chancellor Please Stand Up? [27/09/2021]
Rainer Zitelmann, National Interest
To the next German chancellor: Don’t sacrifice Europe [26/09/2021]
Paul Taylor, Politico
Move over grand coalition — Germany wants change [26/09/2021]
Manuela Kasper-Claridge, DW
Angela Merkel's Superpower [25/09/2021]
Serge Schmemann, New York Times
German election: continuing popularity of far-right AfD has roots in east-west divide [23/09/2021]
Charlotte Galpin & Maren Rohe, The Conversation
German federal election: Is there a trend toward more candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds? [23/09/2021]
Julia Schulte-Cloos, LSE
The Decline of the Political Center in Germany [23/09/2021]
Anton Eriksson, Jana Konle, Malina Aniol, Nikki Shure & Thomas Fröhlich, AICGS
Quel gouvernement pour l’Allemagne et quelles conséquences pour l’Europe? [23/09/2021]
Jérôme Vaillant, The Conversation
Sixteen Years of Merkel’s EU Policy [22/09/2021]
Jana Puglierin, ISPI
L’après-Merkel: les enjeux géopolitiques pour l’Allemagne [09/2021]
Hans Stark, Diplomatie
The Greening of German Politics [22/09/2021]
R. Andreas Kraemer, ISPI
An unpredictable German election… but a (mostly) predictable outcome for EU politics [22/09/2021]
Sophia Russack & Daniel Gros, CEPS
German Elections: What to Expect [22/09/2021]
Antonio Villafranca, ISPI
German federal election: Is the AfD broadening its appeal to voters? [21/09/2021]
Michael A. Hansen, LSE
Face au mur: l’énergie et le climat dans la campagne électorale allemande [21/09/2021]
Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, IFRI
From ‘Mädchen’ to ‘Mutti’: as Angela Merkel departs, she leaves a great legacy of leadership [21/09/2021]
Gabriele Suder, The Conversation
European democracy is at stake in the German election [20/09/2021]
Goran Buldioski, ECFR
Tactical Takeover: Germany’s Liberals Are Ready to Run the Country [17/09/2021]
Rainer Zitelmann, National Interest
Merkel’s Legacy and Germany's Future [17/09/2021]
Matthias Matthijs, Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign and defence policy in the German election [16/09/2021]
Ulrike Franke, ECFR
Beyond Merkelism: What Europeans expect of post-election Germany [14/09/2021]
Piotr Buras & Jana Puglierin, ECFR
Merkel’s Exit Is Remaking Germany’s Political Landscape [14/09/2021]
Aaron Allen, World Politics Review
Germany’s Vote Should Set the Pace for Europe [14/09/2021]
Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
German election: what to expect in the race to replace Angela Merkel [13/09/2021]
Ed Turner, The Conversation
Germany’s Increasingly Complex Coalition Picture as the Elections Near [10/09/2021]
Peter Sparding, GMFUS
Elecciones en Alemania: ¿que todo cambie para que todo siga igual? [09/2021]
Héctor Sánchez Margalef, CIDOB
Europe does not need four more years of ‘Merkelism’ [09/09/2021]
Philip Stephens, Financial Times
German federal election: Are we witnessing the revival of the SPD? [08/09/2021]
Uğur Tekiner, LSE
Gaspard Schnitzler, IRIS
Germany is Vulnerable before the Elections but Can Still Escape Interference Attempts [03/09/2021]
Sudha David-Wilp & David Levine, GMFUS
Is Germany on the Verge of a Political Earthquake? [30/08/2021]
Rainer Zitelmann, TNI
After Merkel: Is Germany at the End of a Cycle? [26/08/2021]
Clemens Fuest, Institute Montaigne
After Merkel: Germany’s Climate Policy [17/08/2021]
Three questions to Franziska Brantner, Institute Montaigne
Politique étrangère allemande: entre multilatéralisme et Germany First [17/08/2021]
Hans Stark, Politique Étrangère
¿Qué proponen para la UE los candidatos a la Cancillería alemana? [21/07/2021]
Juan Palop, ES Global
Le SPD entre reorientations programmatiques et permanence politique? [07/2021]
Étienne Dubslaff, IFRI
The Undeniable Pessimism of Angela Merkel’s Worldview [14/07/2021]
Thorsten Benner, GPPI
Germany’s upcoming election and the future of nuclear sharing [07/2021]
Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution
The Post-Heroic Legacy of Angela Merkel [09/06/2021]
Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg
Élections fédérales allemandes : le retour au pouvoir des libéraux-démocrates du FDP? [06/2021]
Uwe Jun, IFRI
Quelle gauche en Allemagne? Le parti Die Linke en pleine crise identitaire [05/2021]
Thorsten Holzhauser, IFRI
The Singular Chancellor: The Merkel Model and Its Limits [05/2021]
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Foreign Affairs
Angela Merkel Has Been in Power for 15 Years. What Comes Next? [26/04/2021]
Anna Sauerbrey, New York Times
Les élections fédérales allemandes de 2021: quel programme pour les Verts en matière de défense? [21/04/2021]
Gaspard Schnitzler, IRIS
How the pandemic turned German politics upside down [09/04/2021]
Ian Bateson, Washington Post
Les Verts allemands, un nouveau parti de rassemblement? [01/2021]
Annette Lensing, IFRI
Editorials
Elections en Allemagne: l’Europe en suspens [27/09/2021]
Le Monde
The German election results: negotiating a new era [27/09/2021]
The Guardian
Germany’s Muddled Message [26/09/2021]
Wall Street Journal
Angela Merkel’s departure will be felt in a world that needs democratic champions more than ever [25/09/2021]
Washington Post
How Germany’s Election Could Go Dangerously Wrong [25/09/2021]
Bloomberg
A Very German ‘Change’ Election [22/09/2021]
Wall Street Journal
Germany’s election: how Berlin’s EU policy could shift [13/09/2021]
The Irish Times
Germany’s election: struggling to move on from Merkel [03/09/2021]
The Guardian
Few fireworks but German election set to deliver a tight finish [29/08/2021]
Financial Times
German voters deserve a more serious election campaign [14/08/2021]
The Economist
Germany's election: transformation versus more of the same [03/07/2021]
The Lancet
News
Germany’s far-right AfD loses nationally, but wins in the East [28/09/2021]
Emily Schultheis, Politico
After SPD win in Germany, is Europe’s centre left on the rise? [28/09/2021]
Jon Henley, The Guardian
Germany’s (sort of) change elections [27/09/2021]
Jen Kirby, Vox
Germany's Green Party and the FDP: Two kingmakers poles apart [27/09/2021]
DW
After historic loss, Germany’s Armin Laschet begins to accept the inevitable [27/09/2021]
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico
Where Angela Merkel’s voters went — by the numbers [27/09/2021]
Cornelius Hirsch & Arnau Busquets Guàrdia, Politico
Germany election: far-right AfD loses status as main opposition [27/09/2021]
Kate Connolly, The Guardian
Social Democrats Take Poll Lead Ahead of German Election [27/09/2021]
Colm Quinn, Foreign Policy
Olaf Scholz: The unlikely savior of Germany's SPD [27/09/2021]
DW
German election: Seven things we learned [27/09/2021]
Alix Kroeger, BBC News
Germany votes: SPD hold slim lead, CDU slumps to worst showing in decades [27/09/2021]
DW
Social Democrats (SPD) React To Election Results [27/09/2021]
Louis Westendarp, Politico
No clear winner to succeed Merkel in Germany [26/09/2021]
Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
European Debt? The First Question For Merkel's Successor [25/09/2021]
Tobias Kaiser, Virginia Kirst, Martina Meister, World Crunch
Elections en Allemagne: qui sont les candidats à la succession d'Angela Merkel? [24/09/2021]
Paul Turban, Les Echos
The making of a Hanseat: What Hamburg reveals about Olaf Scholz [24/09/2021]
Brian Melican, New Statesman
Germany’s election: a new era of uncertain coalition politics [23/09/2021]
Guy Chazan, Financial Times
German election basics: From the vote to replacing Angela Merkel [23/09/2021]
DW
Germany’s Marxist Firebrand Plots for the Left's Moment [20/09/2021]
Nette Nöstlinger, Politico EU
German federal election: Are the Greens on the cusp of government? [20/09/2021]
Charles Lees, LSE
Germany’s no-emotion voting guide surges despite campaign of personalities [19/09/2021]
James Angelos, Politico
Germany poll tracker: the race to succeed Angela Merkel [17/09/2021]
Martin Stabe & Bob Haslett, Financial Times
SPD-led government with Greens would ‘be more open to mutual debt,’ says German Marshall Fund [08/09/2021]
CNBC
Germany's Greens ahead of Merkel's CDU/CSU in new poll [25/04/2021]
DW
Laschet Wins Race to Lead Merkel’s Conservatives in Election [20/04/2021]
Arne Delfs, Bloomberg
Could a Green Party chancellor lead Germany? [19/04/2021]
Ruairi Casey, Al Jazeera
Germany awaits "super election year" in 2021 [05/03/2021]
Xinhua
Virus collides with politics as German election year starts [09/01/2021]
Geir Moulson, Associated Press
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