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Chris Reiter
@chrishreiter.bsky.social
Co-author of Broken Republik/Totally Kaputt? about Germany's crisis. Berlin-based, US-born senior editor at Bloomberg. Personal website: chrishreiter.com. Opinions here my own.
Friedrich Merz's cabinet with the worst start since Angela Merkel's second term.

The good news for Merz is Merkel recovered to serve two more terms. The bad news is it's worse than Olaf Scholz.

Source: Surveys by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, compiled by
Statista
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Check out @willwilkes.bsky.social and I talking about our Book Broken Republik with @40percentgerman.bsky.social and @maddox84.bsky.social on the Decades from Home podcast.

It's not Germany does it worse, but Germans can do it better!

Here's a clip 👇
April 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
At the @waterstones.bsky.social bookstore near Picadilly Circus in London, they got "Broken Republik" with @willwilkes.bsky.social head-to-head with Angela Merkel's memoirs.

At least in one of the books, there's an honest assessment of Germany’s problems...and potential solutions.
March 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
some personal news...

The first copy of "Totally Kaputt" is here. Very excited and very grateful. #PiperVerlag
February 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I was on Tagesschau24 today to talk about Germany’s problems and our new book.

Clip is here:
www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/v...

Book is here:
www.piper.de/buecher/tota...
February 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM