Could Germany's new government bring real change?

Plus: Global Eyes

By Sandro Halank. Signing of the coalition agreement for the German government on December 7, 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Read: Predictable Germany could surprise at the Cosmopolitan Globalist.

Today at the Cosmopolitan Globalist, Caroline “only the name is difficult” Smrstik reports on the first month of Germany’s new, strange, ruling coalition.

Everyone in Berlin is counting the days until the government collapses, she writes, but she thinks this coalition’s got legs—three of them, to be sure, but legs all the same. She explains why the Merkel era might really be over and what the new Germany might look like here: Predictable Germany could surprise. Then she gives us a rundown on the key figures who make up the coalition.

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he Bundestag at the Spree river in Berlin. Germany’s new government is its first governing coalition among three nearly equal partners, making the balance of power and personalities especially interesting to watch. By A_Peach, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Read: Germany’s coalition: Who to watch at the Cosmopolitan Globalist.

Now let’s see what else is happening in the world.

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Global Eyes

Europe

Ukraine’s official websites hit by massive cyber attack amid high tensions with Russia. “Unknown hackers [sic] launched an attack on Ukrainian government websites early Friday, blocking access and warning Internet users to ‘expect the worst.’” The hackers left a message on the foreign ministry website: “Ukrainians! … All information about you has become public. Be afraid and expect worse. It’s your past, present and future.”