‘Welcome to the capital of the world!’ exclaimed our taxi driver as we crossed the Potomac into Washington DC.
My teenagers’ eyes shone with excitement.
Given that eight hours earlier they’d barely been speaking to me as I informed the British Airways stewardess I was a nervous flyer and therefore quite keen for a gin and tonic, things were looking up.
‘Look left and you’ll see the White House,’ continued the driver, and we peered through the dark to see
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BERLIN — When it comes to tackling climate change, Germany’s leading political parties aren’t exactly on the same page.
While all four main parties focus on measures to slash the country’s carbon emissions, there are stark differences in how they plan to do so in practice, according to a POLITICO analysis of the manifestos of the Christian Democrats, the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Free Democrats ahead of federal elections set for
