Opinion

Time to revamp the German Abitur?

In an op-ed in Der Tagesspiegel, Klaus Hurrelmann outlines problems in the university qualifying system.

Andrea Römmele on Germany's next Chancellor candidates

Römmele looks at backroom politics and the chances for Bavarian state premier Markus Söder to replace Merkel.

Book review: Helmut Anheier warns about complacency in Germany's political class

Anheier reviews four recent books on Germany's current and past economic, political and social challenges.

The future of retail

The COVID-19 crisis may be a catalyst for the transformation of work, write Felix Sieker and Anke Hassel.

We need to change the economy for a post-pandemic future

Consumption and production will have to be compatible with social distancing, writes Dennis J. Snower in Politico.

China's cat-and mouse game with internet users is no model for the EU

In the EU Observer, Daniela Stockmann says content-blocking only tackles symptoms, not the real problems.

What did the German Constitutional Court get right in the ECB decision?

In EU Law Live, Ana Bobić and Mark Dawson say the decision may spur reconsideration of the monetary union's basic rules.

Germany’s “zero hour” – Then and now

Helmut K. Anheier looks at the past and future Germany on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II - in Project Syndicate.

The good governance of the corona crisis

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi explains the reasons for some surprising successes and failures in handling the crisis, in a piece for the ERCAS blog.

Unlike the US, Europe has kept pandemic unemployment down

In the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, Anke Hassel and Kathleen Thelen compare European and US approaches.

Global South climate litigation versus climate justice: Duty of international cooperation as a remedy?

In the Völkerrechtsblog Juan Auz, PhD Researcher at the Centre for Fundamental Rights, weighs in on the tension between climate justice and climate litigation in the Global South.

Germany needs to lead push for European solidarity in crisis

To face the coronavirus fallout, Germany can't just play the model student, writes Henrik Enderlein in Der Spiegel.