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Brace yourself for the future

I’ve come across this week’s wise word in so many different contexts recently: it’s used to talk about teeth, trousers, technology and trouble.

Green and conservative: Winfried Kretschmann is designated to become the first Green state governor in Germany.

Germans in Baden-Wuerttemberg have voted against the ruling coalition’s nuclear-energy policy. The CDU lost power there for the first time in 58 years, making way for a coalition led by the Green party. We look at media comment.

regierend

Britain turns blue

The British people have voted. And the morning after, we are still not sure what they want. Maybe the British people themselves don't know. But one thing is certain: David Cameron will be Britain's next prime minister.

David Cameron: Britain's next prime minister? Photo: Conservative party

Gordon, going, gone

They’re changing the guard at Buckingham Palace. Well, not at Buckingham Place, to be precise, but rather at 10 Downing Street. Britain will soon have a new prime minister. Bye, bye, Gordon Brown.

die Wache ablösen

um genau zu sein

Is the UK heading for a ___ parliament?

Hanged or hung?

Karzai: facing a second ballot. Photo by gcawflickr

Tough decisions

This week, we look at views on the leadership problems in Afghanistan, health care in the US, as well as the need to enlarge EU membership to include the western Balkans.

Gesundheitswesen

erweitern

Balkanstaaten

The promise of pain

Normally, politicians tell voters how much better their lives are going to be if they vote them into office. But every now and again, political parties follow another strategy — promising as much pain as possible.

ab und zu

Schmerzen; hier: Entbehrungen, harte Zeiten

And over to the Papandreou clan. Photo: Pasok

A very Greek election

This week, we look at comment on the Greek election and on the Irish "yes" vote for the Lisbon treaty, as well as on the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine.

Vertrag von Lissabon

A short honeymoon

Guido Westerwelle and Angela Merkel’s honeymoon period will be short-lived. If they want their coalition to work, or last to the end of the term, they will both have to compromise. Most couples come to realize this during the honeymoon.

hier: Zeit der Harmonie

kurzlebig, nicht von Dauer

hier: Legislaturperiode

Flitterwochen

Was Westerwelle right to ____ the BBC reporter?

Snog, snub or snip?

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