Germany’s Right-Wing Challenge

In recent years, Germany has emerged as Europe’s preeminent power not only because of the strength of its economy but also because of the extraordinary stability of its political system. Chancellor Angela Merkel is the embodiment of this stability: for most of the past decade, she has been able to govern as a centrist, unconstrained by the right-wing populist groups that have become a major force in all of Germany’s neighbors. This domestic calm allowed Merkel to focus on managing Europe’s various crises - from the negotiations over Greece’s debt to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

"Germany’s Right-Wing Challenge" is from foreignaffairs.com, published on September 26, 2016.

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