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John Kampfner

Angela Merkel is seated prior to testifying in front of a parliamentary committee investigating the Wirecard scandal

Opinion

The German mega-scandal that puts ours in the shade

John Kampfner

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Vladimir Putin behind the wheel of an all-terrain vehicle while driving through a taiga forest in Siberia, in March 2021

Vladimir Putin | Opinion

Will anything ever stop Putin in his tracks?

John Kampfner

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EUROPE'S FALL GUY: Ursula von der Leyen arrives for an EU summit on Covid in July 2020 

Ursula von der Leyen | Opinion

Can Ursula von der Leyen recover from vaccines debacle?

John Kampfner

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Annalena Baerbock delivers a speech at Germany's Green Party conference in 2019

Angela Merkel | Opinion

Annalena Baerbock: Can the Queen of Green seize the Bundestag?

John Kampfner

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A huge EU flag hung on Father Bernatek footbridge over Vistula River, as part of an anti-government protest in Krakow, Poland

Coronavirus | Opinion

How the coronavirus created a new iron curtain

John Kampfner

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Joe Biden speaks to the Munich Security Conference from the White House

Joe Biden

Joe Biden brings America back into the room

John Kampfner

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Russian opposition Alexei Navalny appears in court in Moscow on February 16, 2021 

Vladimir Putin | Opinion

As Russia rots, what way will Putin's kleptocrats turn now?

John Kampfner

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President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen | Opinion

EU desperately seeks inoculation against existential threat

John Kampfner

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French former prime minister Edouard Balladur (second left) arrives for his trial at the Court of Justice of the Republic,...

Emmanuel Macron | Opinion

France's familiarity with political scandals

John Kampfner

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Armin Laschet speaks at the CDU party congress, where he was elected as its new leader

Angela Merkel

The man lined up to be Angela Merkel's successor

John Kampfner

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