Germany Articles

A high-efficiency, high-wage economy is needed to take on the economic challenges our country faces post-Brexit, writes Chris Carter It is always a challenge getting people interested in inflation figures. The collective eye-glazing of new economic statistics are...

The energetic start that Martin Schulz has made to his campaign for the chancellorship is a marked contrast to Angela Merkel's managerial style, argues Florian Ranft It has been a near sensation for social democrats to follow Germany’s public opinion polls recently....

The agonising descent of Labour under Jeremy Corbyn is a symptom of the party's lack of ideas, argues Gabriel Gavin Last week’s rumours of Jeremy Corbyn’s political demise now seem to have been greatly exaggerated. For some, the inevitable departure of the worst...

Socialist protectionism is as unattractive now as in the 1970s After Labour’s 1970 election defeat, Tony Benn convinced himself that he could succeed next time where last time he and his colleagues had failed. Benn’s ‘alternative economic strategy’ envisaged import...