Germany’s (not so) grand coalition may cause ripple effects on European refugee policy
- Written by Kelly Soderstrom, PhD Candidate in International Relations, University of Melbourne
After a tumultuous 2017 election and six months of political uncertainty, Germany finally has a government. The so-called “grand coalition” made up of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU), its right-wing sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), will govern Germany for the next...