Policy focus 9 October 2017 Is the EU doomed after the result of the German elections? By Maurizio Ferrera and Alexander Damiano Ricci There is a chance that Germany’s stance will become more Eurosceptic in the upcoming months. To understand why it’s not the Liberals, nor the Greens we need to look at. It’s Munich and the Christian Social Union (CSU).
Policy focus 22 September 2017 On the eve of the German elections, Alternative für Deutschland prevails on Twitter By Francesca Arcostanzo and Giovanni Pagano We have followed two weeks of the German electoral campaign on Twitter, collected over 200,000 tweets, and monitored the six main parties. We found that the rightwing nationalist Alternative für Deutschland dominates Twitter conversation.