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Bettina Vestring
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is a freelance journalist based in Berlin. She writes on foreign and security policy and EU affairs.

Germany’s Greens came to be the big winners of the European elections—by cornering the young vote.


Why Germany might end up getting the presidency of the ECB instead of the European Commission.


In Germany, the election campaign for the European Parliament has been particularly uninspiring.


Germany refuses to think strategically about itself, Europe, or the world. This carries a high price.


There’s a reason Berlin is so reticent about responding to the French president’s European reform proposals.

The Last Battle

In a desperate bid to win back voters, Germany’s SPD is shifting to the left. It may be the party’s last chance to turn …


How a sailing ship came to represent all that’s wrong with Germany’s Bundeswehr.


The EU’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit make for a scary read.


The first part of Angela Merkel’s phased departure from power has worked out as planned. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s road to the chancellery, however, will be more difficult.


Angela Merkel leaving the international stage may be bad news for quick EU reform. In the long run, however, her successor will likely turn into at least as good a European.


In her reelection campaign in 2017, Angela Merkel made a strategic error by not putting EU reform on her agenda. She is now paying …


After 13 years in power, Angela Merkel’s authority is crumbling.


After weeks of quarreling, Germany’s coalition parties are hemorrhaging support.


Merkel’s coalition has agreed a shaky compromise over a controversial spy chief.


Is there a power struggle at the heart of Germany’s government?


Why right-wing extremism is particularly strong in Saxony.