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'Wash Your Hands - Call Grandma, Call Grandpa' Coronavirus flyposting in Berlin, during the first lockdown (Photo: Matthew Tempest)

Covid: what Germany got right - and wrong

There is a lot of dissatisfaction with the political management of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.

This is not only because of the fourth wave, but dates back to the bumpy start of the vaccination campaign in early 2021 when an initial bout of praise gave way to widespread criticism. At the same time, people's fundamental trust in politics in Germany, as measured in surveys, is...

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Professor Dr Friedrich Heinemann is head of the corporate taxation and public finance research department at the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. Translated from German by Jess Smee.

'Wash Your Hands - Call Grandma, Call Grandpa' Coronavirus flyposting in Berlin, during the first lockdown (Photo: Matthew Tempest)

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Professor Dr Friedrich Heinemann is head of the corporate taxation and public finance research department at the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. Translated from German by Jess Smee.

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