Pax Europa, a new mayor for the Autostadt, Schicksalstag
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Dear Reader,
We’ve made it through the first week of lockdown... a week eventful for all kinds of other reasons. Below are some things you might have missed as well as a look ahead.
Regards,
Jörg & Axel
What you might have missed…
As the US election campaign ends, the German one is just beginning and foreign policy might become a hot topic. Leading politicians from the CDU, SPD, and Greens are preparing for post-Trump America. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) extended a hand and made the case for a revived transatlantic relationship. The SPD’s Rolf Mützenich on the other hand believes that now is the time to bid goodbye to Pax Americana and for Europe to “emancipate” itself. Parliamentarian Franziska Brantner of the Greens penned a reply to the Defence Minister, calling her statement “a message of despair” and demanding that Europe moves on from its reliance on the US. Mo…
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