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Auf Wiedersehen Mutti
Angela Merkel will step down as Chancellor following elections scheduled for the 26 September 2021. In this piece for The Times of Malta...
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Party which changed Europe
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) is marking its 75th anniversary. During the past 75 years it has re-shaped Germany and...
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The Misguided Optimism of 1989
Thirty years ago, on November 23, 1989, Maltese Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami was the first head of government to cross to East...