Unwieldy names + Chancellery new build + strikes

Dear Reader,

• For all of you who enjoy a German politician with an unpronounceable name, I have good news. In the future, we might not only have Anagrette Kramp-Karrenbauer, but Christian Lindner-Lehfeldt, too. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann could soon have to fight for space on the pages of German newspapers with Hans-Peter Schmardendorf-Schmidt. That’s b…