Politically, little has changed in the last decade. There hasn’t been any major political shift away from anything in the last years.

All political parties, for example, share the view that it is important to preserve the welfare state. They might propose little tweaks here and there but that’s about it. There is no controversy about the fundamentals. The “socialist” party is not socialist at all and the “libertarian” party is not libertarian at all.

When I look at the current governing coalition I see it much more as a continuation of Kohl’s coalition.