Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Decision time

After four years, it is time for the good people of Germany to decide who they want as a government for the next four years. But the truth is that it really doesn't matter which coalition rules after Sunday.

One year after Lehman

This week, we look at media reviews of the financial crisis, one year after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, creating havoc in financial markets. We also look at the German election campaign.

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Chaos

Frank-Walter Steinmeier. hard times ahead. Photo: T. Köhler

Germany, Iran and banks

The English-language financial press is concentrating this week on the upcoming German elections and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's swearing-in as president of Iran, as well as the controversial topic of bank bonuses.

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Vereidigung

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Thema

Steinmeier: in a fever. Photo: A. Kübelbeck

Election fever

Germany’s long election campaign presents a danger, writes the Financial Times. It may prevent critical decisions needed now to confront the economic crisis.

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