Germany means Europe. Post-electoral reflections on the largest european democracy. An Introduction
Never as in this moment has reflecting on Germany also meant reflecting on Europe. There is not one
aspect of the current European public debate that is not also present in the German political agenda.
Anti-European populism, migration’s management, sustainable economic growth, relations between
Member States and European Union, change of leadership in established political parties, fragmentation
of the electorate, difficulty in the achievement of stable and lasting government majorities: all these