Hints and tips:
...Steffen Hebestreit, Scholz’s spokesman, has played down the conflicts....
...Steffen Kotré, an AfD MP from Brandenburg who was a member of the Wing, was enraged by Mr Meuthen’s manoeuvre....
...Asked whether Mr Scholz’s article had been co-ordinated with Ms Merkel, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said it was merely a “contribution to a discussion”....
...“We live in an age when people want someone to give them direction, and they won’t get it from her,” says Andrea Römmele, professor for communication in politics at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin...
...Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s spokesman, said the “brutal” attack on Mr Magnitz was “to be roundly condemned”....
...German labour minister Andrea Nahles said the issue was discussed “intensively” at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting....
...Charles Li of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing was the swordfish, Elmer Funke Kupper of ASX the barramundi, while Andreas Preuss of Eurex was “the great white shark”....
...Andrea Nahles, SPD general secretary, questioned whether German laws on data protection were not being “neutralised” with the blessing of the chancellor’s office....
...Andrea Nahles, SPD secretary-general, defended her candidate, saying: “ ‘Clown’ is the mildest word I can think of to describe Berlusconi.”...
...Andreas Pinkwart, dean of HHL, the Leipzig School of Management, thinks this is already afoot....
...Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s spokesman, told journalists: “Only government action counts – the rest is mood music.” But others in the ruling centre-right coalition were more outspoken....
...Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s official spokesman, said the chancellor was in “good contact” with Ms Schavan, who is on an official visit to South Africa....
...Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s official spokesman, said the German government would decide on its own representatives. “Not every objective criticism is slander,” he said....
...“For the German economy, stronger growth in Italy, France and Spain would have a bigger positive impact than we will get from the weaker euro,” said Steffen Elstner, economist at the Ifo institute....
...“She has lost her air of invincibility,” said Andreas Busch, politics professor at Göttingen university. “It was a smart move by the FDP.”...
...The chancellor seems unrepentant, although Steffen Seibert, her official spokesman, attempted a damage-limitation exercise....
...The question is always whether that’s a good allocation of resources,” says Prof Steffens....
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