Berlin Voted for Change
Will Germany’s Political Center Listen? The most striking result of Berlin’s state election may also be its greatest paradox. Die Linke, a party long considered firmly anchored in Germany’s past, …
Canada, the EU, and a Fragmenting Global Economy
Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke on successive days before the European Parliament in Strasbourg. During her annual State of …
One of 83 Million
Last week, two sports figures offered very different answers to a deceptively simple question: what does it mean to stand with your country? In Washington, Capitals hockey legend Alexander Ovechkin …
Change at All Costs
Election Impressions from Saxony-Anhalt At 5:59 pm on Sunday, September 6, the anticipation in the whimsical restaurant tucked inside Magdeburg’s historic Millennium Tower was palpable. With all screens turned to …
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The Unloved Chancellor
Following the results of the recent Landtag elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the press is already preparing Friedrich Merz’s political obituary. While he may be responsible for some of the discontent and …
New Rules of the Game in the Pharmaceutical Market
Austerity measures in the German healthcare system and the new U.S. pricing regime The national and international rules of the game have changed for the German pharmaceutical industry. At the …
AGI Profiles: Kai Wegner
Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner, Berlin’s first conservative mayor in twenty-two years, initially emerged as the figure who could restore the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) position in Berlin. Yet after …
The Language of Eastern Resentment
Of the three eastern German states I was responsible for as U.S. Consul General in Leipzig, Saxony-Anhalt always struck me as perhaps the most distinctly eastern. It was also a …
He Inherited Freedom. Does He Believe It Is His?
At the risk of dating myself, I remember a very different mood among young people in post-communist Europe. I was a student in Prague in 1994, five years after the …
AGI Profiles: Alois Rainer
Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Regional Identity Alois Rainer is a member of the Bundestag from Straubing, Bavaria, and serves as Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Regional Identity (Bundesminister für …
German Reforms: Progress Ahead
From stagnation to mini-boom No other major economy has fared as badly as Germany in the last few years. In 2025, real GDP surpassed its pre-pandemic level of 2019 by …
“Dear Occupants of Dohrmannstrasse 1”
A House, a Stream, and Two Telephones Looking back, Gary Sternberg could not believe he did it. He simply had been compelled to do so. On August 5, 2019, he …
