Daniela Schwarzer

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Daniela Schwarzer is Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

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The Lessons of the EU Leadership Fight
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The Lessons of the EU Leadership Fight

Jul 4, 2019 Daniela Schwarzer sees the negotiation over Europe's top personnel as indicative of the fundamental challenges they will face.

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A Test for Europe’s German Anchor
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A Test for Europe’s German Anchor

Sep 26, 2017 Daniela Schwarzer notes that while the center held in Germany's federal election, the policy consensus is weakening.

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An External Stability Pact for Europe

An External Stability Pact for Europe

Aug 10, 2009 Daniela Schwarzer

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Too European to Fail

Too European to Fail

Feb 9, 2009 Daniela Schwarzer

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Mark Leonard

As the nominee to serve as the EU's next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell will have an opportunity to update Europe's approach to foreign policy. Chief among the challenges facing the bloc is to reassert its own sovereignty in an age of great-power politics.

Is Politics Getting to the Fed?

Robert J. Barro

In the early 1980s, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, was able to choke off runaway inflation because he was afforded the autonomy necessary to implement steep interest-rate hikes. Today, the Fed is clearly under unprecedented political pressure, and it is starting to show.