Germany After Merkel
In state, federal, and party leadership elections this year, German voters may or may not offer much clarity about where they stand on some of the most difficult policy challenges facing their country. But there is no question that whoever emerges to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel will have big shoes to fill.
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BERLIN – Donald Trump’s long goodbye from the White House is proving to be as painful as anyone imagined (complete with the outgoing president considering whether martial law could be used to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory), leaving the world little time to reflect on much else. But another important transfer of power is approaching in Germany for the first time in 16 years, and Germans are already preparing for “Superwahljahr 2021.”