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christiankopf.bsky.social
Head of Fixed Income at an asset management firm. Writing in personal capacity only.
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 4 days ago • 414 comments

Neither this US Administration nor Russia believe a strong EU is in their interest. How do you weaken the EU? Beyond platforming the far right, via a bad deal for Ukraine

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

It's clear that this now needs to happen very quickly. We also need more EU borrowing to finance military aid to Ukraine.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The US administration has turned again its allies and is likely to cut off aid to Ukraine. After today's live broadcast from the Oval Office, Europe must swiftly launch a €200 billion borrowing programme so that the EU can now fully cover military aid to Ukraine.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Habecks Erklärung, warum die Grünen kurz vor der Wahl an Zustimmung verloren haben.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Reality check. Thank you, Financial Times.

submitted 8 days ago • 47 comments

Here is the speech against #Merz that made The Left's leader popular on Instagram.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Die Grünen nach der Wahl: Die Chance für einen Neuaufbruch nutzen! www.boell.de/de/2025/02/2...

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

Some thoughts on the German elections. After 16 years of Merkel's chancellorship, people voted for change in the 2021 federal elections. The result was a fragile three-party coalition for the first time in Germany's post-war history. (1/14)

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The biggest surprise of Germany's federal election is the meteoric rise of the Left Party. The AfD's result fell short of its peak support in the 2023 polls, while the Left rose from oblivion to 8.8% in a matter of weeks. Young voters who reject xenophobia are making their voices heard.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

In the end, 0.03% of the vote decided the composition of Germany’s new government. If the BSW had gained another 14,000 votes, it would have passed the 5% threshold and Germany would have had a three-party coalition government consisting of the CDU, SPD & Greens bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestag...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

There won’t be a reform of Germany’s fiscal rules (“debt brake”) b/c the new coalition of Christian and Social Democrats together with the opposition Greens won’t have the required ⅔ majority in parliament. It could have been done before, but Merz put destructive politics before his country’s needs.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The CDU was polling at 34% in November 2024 and ended up with 29% in the election night. Baffling blunder by Friedrich Merz: his campaign paid for the AfD, the Liberals and even the Left Party – just not his own party. It's actually a good case study in how to screw up political marketing.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Highest voter turnout in Germany since 1987.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Sonntagmorgen mit der Sonntagszeitung der @faznet.bsky.social. Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer unterstützen den Wirtschaftskurs von Robert Habeck – ich unterstütze ihn auch! Mit Mut, Vernunft und Weitsicht für einen starken und modernen Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland: gruene.de/weitsicht.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

KI beflügelt unsere Träume von einer besseren Welt: Wissen ist immer schneller verfügbar, Arbeit wird automatisch erledigt, Avatare übersteigen menschliche Grenzen. Aber solche digitalen Träume können auch dunkel sein, uns in Labyrinthe führen und die mentale Gesundheit gefährden. (Thread)

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17

submitted 18 days ago • 198 comments

The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting

submitted 19 days ago • 182 comments

Dear @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social, I’ll bet you two tickets to an @eintracht.de match of your choice in Frankfurt if you can show me one credible example of the SPD or the @gruene.de attacking the CDU for trying to take immigration as an issue away from the AfD. It simply hasn’t happened. (1/4)

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Economic simulation by DIW and ifo Institute unanimously show that the fiscal policy proposals of the CDU/CSU, FDP and AfD would not only strengthen the social divide in Germany, they are simply unsound and unconstitutional. How Mr Merz manages to present this with a straight face is beyond me.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

From @edwardluce.bsky.social‘s piece: “Might he pick which of America’s creditors to repay and which to declare fraudulent? Quite possibly. Trump, not judges, will be the decider.”

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Ich hatte in den letzten Wochen manchmal ein Gefühl der Beklemmung. Beklemmung über die schrecklichen Morde in Magdeburg und Aschaffenburg – und über die Reaktionen in meinem Umfeld. Bekannte sagten offen, man müsse sich über das Recht hinwegsetzen, um Ausländer aufzuhalten. (1/9)

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment