Ross Douthat: The Fall of the German Empire

The holiday provider’s collapse highlights corporate governance and regulatory failures while the gravy train for directors continued. Read here

Berlin wants to stop Italian bank UniCredit from taking a major stake in Germany’s Commerzbank. Double standards? Read HERE Image: Commerzbank 1959

The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents’ voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than 200 regional municipalities. […]