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11.   The Balance Sheet of the Grand Coalition (September 17, 2009)
The author of this piece analyzes the work of the Grand Coalition in retrospect. He describes its reforms, praises its handling of the global financial crisis of 2008, and concludes that ending the....
12.   A Left-of-Center Coalition? (October 29, 2009)
Based on coalition arithmetic, a broad range of alliances is now possible, but so far there has never been a coalition between the SPD, the Left Party, and the Greens (i.e., a Red-Red-Green coalition).....
13.   Why the Grand Coalition Worked (December 28, 2009)
According to the author of this piece, the Grand Coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD worked well because the CDU under Angela Merkel embraced many issues....
14.   The CDU/CSU-FDP Coalition: The First 100 Days (February 4, 2010)
After the first hundred days of the CDU/CSU-FDP coalition, everyone agreed that the government had gotten off to a bumpy and disappointing start. The author of this piece joined the chorus of critics.....
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