“Ticking time bombs” threaten renewed confidence in Merkel

Despite recovered approval ratings, Angela Merkel ​“still faces a number of ticking time bombs,” argued Thorsten Benner in an interview with Politico Europe ​on July 25. The migration-security nexus, economic and financial turmoil in Italy and the fallout from the political crisis in France and are just a few of the unresolved issues that could quickly escalate and threaten public support in the lead up to the fall 2017 general elections.