Fantastic story with ample background. Thanks for sharing. Another excellent historic look at German politics was a piece from The Independent before the Sept

Fantastic story with ample background. Thanks for sharing. Another excellent historic look at German politics was a piece from The Independent before the Sept elections about the economic successes of Germany today. It argues that policies laid down before Merkel's time came into fruition during her Chancellorship, which began in 2005 (namely; fiscal rectitude, a close relationship between education and industry, and labour reforms brought about in 2003): https://goo.gl/ULExiQ https://goo.gl/ULExiQ