Macron's role in setting up the nonrepayable $390 billion common funding for the European Recovery Fund

07/31/2020

Macron's effort to persuade Merkel and Germans of the need for common funding for European recovery and his persistence at negotiations with the Dutch and Swedes to secure 390 billion euros of funding aid has earned him increasing popularity in France. It also brings Spain, Italy, Greece and eastern European nations closer together with France and Germany as they fight the pandemic.

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Macron's popularity climbs after signing EU pandemic stimulus, reshuffling gov't

France 24 07/30/2020

DW.COM 07/21/2020

Bernd Riegert

How Germany made "total" contact tracing the mission in early March, and how it limited spread of coronavirus

05/26/2020

Linked Articles

The first wave: How Germany’s coronavirus contact tracers helped to ease its lockdown

The Times 05/26/2020

Oliver Moody, Berlin

Washington Post 05/25/2020

Germany's Social Democrats SPD party's renewal effort following Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party in Britain

12/02/2019

Linked Articles

Angela Merkel’s coalition faces collapse as partner turns left

The Times 12/02/2019

Bruno Waterfield

DW.COM 12/02/2019

Rob Mudge

East Gemany's struggle to find its own identity after young people leave and a sense of nostalgia for the economic security under the GDR

11/14/2019

By 2019 East Germany's search for identity is in full swing as it struggles with a nostalgia for the past before integration with west Germany, and following a departure of young people going west that leaves behind a rapidly aging society with less economic security. The promise of integration appears to be failed when seen as culture and identity, economic security.

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Germans still don’t agree on what reunification meant

The Economist 11/02/2019

11/05/2019

Oliver Moody, Berlin

Tesla's stalled effort in self-driving cars

04/02/2018

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Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent Among Its Engineers

WSJ 08/24/2017

Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Mike Spector

WSJ 03/31/2018

Tim Higgins

Emmanuel Macron and the challenge of reviving France's economy

05/08/2017

France's central bank chief Noyer points out that once the public sector crosses the line of 55% of the economy France loses ground. Jobs created are from an earlier period, and fewer new technology jobs of the future are created. The challenge for Macron is to rein in the public sector and revive French industry so new jobs are created for young people.

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Macron's presidency: It's the economy, stupid! | Business | DW.COM | 08.05.2017

DW.COM 05/08/2017

Timothy Rooks

Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013

Wsj Editorial, Wsj, Editorial

Deutsche Bank- German public opinion

01/01/2017

Linked Articles

More Heat on Deutsche Bank

Wall Street Journal 12/18/2012

Laura Stevens, Laura, Stevens, David Crawford, David, Crawford

The New York Times 12/30/2016

Landon Thomas Jr.

Tensions between Germany and Russia in 2016-2017

12/11/2016

Linked Articles

Vladimir Putin: For Trump and Against Merkel | ZEIT ONLINE

ZEIT ONLINE 08/13/2016

Zeit Online Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany

Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014

Anton Troianovski, Anton, Troianovski, Marcus Walker, Marcus, Walker

Deutsche Bank legal settlements, including $14 billion with the U.S. Justice Department, that may require rescue by the German government

09/27/2016

Linked Articles

Opinion: Deutsche Bank in dire straits | Opinion | DW.COM | 27.09.2016

DW.COM 09/27/2016

Henrik Böhme (Sri)

The Economist 09/16/2016

Chancellor Merkel and listening to German public opinion reflected in state elections of 2016

09/20/2016

Here we argue that contrary to general media coverage in the NYT, WSJ, Economist, and German media, a year from now Merkel may be seen more positively. This is because Merkel has always listened to public opinion carefully, and has told the German public frankly what happened- that she and the German government were caught unprepared in the refugee crisis that came up in summer 2015.

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German politics is turning into a six-party system

The Economist 09/19/2016

DW.COM 09/19/2016

Udo Bauer / Ksb

Speaker Paul Ryan's House seat in Janesville, Wisconsin- improving economy in a U.S. midwestern factory town and the debate on trade, help for working class families

08/10/2016

The unemployment rate in Janesville, Wisconsin drops to 4.4% in May 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was over 9% following the closing of the GM plant and the recession from the 2008 financial crisis. A working class town Janesville was hit hard by the closing of the GM plant in 2008. Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post describes the impact of losing about 5000 jobs at the GM plant, and the problems typical of most manufacturing dependent towns. Throughout the period since being first elected to Congress in 1998 Ryan has continued to be able to get elected on the basis of faith, family and public service, even though some of his policies may not have helped the poor and elderly or laid off workers. Ryan voted for rescuing the auto industry and worked hard to keep the GM plant, and listens to his constituents, and as the economy recovered by 2016 won easily in this old industrial midwestern town. His influence in national politics gives Janesville an opportunity to be heard, as it tackles problems common to many midwestern towns in the U.S.

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Could Paul Ryan’s ideas help his struggling home town? - The Washington Post

Washington Post 08/19/2012

Amy Goldstein, Amy, Goldstein

The Guardian 08/10/2016

David Smith

Angela Merkel's leadership during the immigration and Brexit crises by July 2016- increasing support for the European Union in Germany and personal support up to 59 percent in Deutschland trending poll

07/08/2016

By offering "calm and composed" leadership during the Brexit crisis, and being flexible in dealing with genuine concerns about immigration in Germany, Merkel shows Europe a better way than fractious British, French or American politics during a critical period when good responsible leadership is missing.

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Poll: Brexit vote boosts support for EU in Germany | News | DW.COM | 08.07.2016

DW.COM 07/08/2016

Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015

Letters To The Editor, Letters, To, The, Editor

Donald Trump's proposal for 45% tariff on China's exports to the U.S.- how a policy of bringing jobs home could lead to the loss of 1 million U.S. jobs

03/08/2016

By damaging the international trading system including with allies such a Canada, Britain, France and Germany, the result of a downward spiral through higher tariffs in other countries, could end up costing the U.S. 1 million jobs. Under such a system the U.S. would lose many of the advantages of its booming tech sector, its tech driven global advantages in many industries, without signifcant gains in low cost imports such as clothing which would simply migrate to other countries such as India. The problem of worker wage stagnation in the U.S., and loss of jobs in certain sectors, is very real, but this is the wrong way to tackle the problem. China is already moving towards a consumer driven economy. Economists show that trade with Mexico would be seriously hurt both ways, creating more pressure of migrants at the border under such proposals as a 45% tariff and its indirect effect on Mexico, when the actual fact is that net migration from Mexico is the lowest it has ben in decades. Politics can do strange things as when two senators Smoot and Hawley from agricultural states Utah and Oregon, at the head of important committees in the U.S. Congress pushed and passed legislation for a 60% tariff in 1930 for the industrial sector they had no idea about. When Smoot and Hawley lost reelection in 1932 they left behind a lot of damage, especially for the farmers and workers they thought they were fighting for.

Linked Articles

How Trump’s Hard Line on Trade Could Backfire

Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016

Bob Davis, Bob, Davis

Wall Street Journal 03/08/2016

Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Holman, W., Jenkins, Jr.