Erik Kirschbaum
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Position: Journalist
Erik Kirschbaum is a Reuters correspondent based in Berlin. He has been covering politics, economics, entertainment and sport in Germany since 1989 from Frankfurt, Bonn and Berlin. He also has worked for Reuters in Vienna. Previously, he also worked for newspapers in Connecticut, Wisconsin and Nevada.
Blog Posts
The two faces of Angela Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel was recently named the world's most powerful woman by Forbes magazine. But the German leader sometimes shys away from tough decision at home. Full Article | Comments [5]
New SPD leader has tough job: saving his party
Germany's SPD elects new leader, Sigmar Gabriel. He's their 11th leader since 1990 and will have his job cut out for him trying to save the country's oldest party that has lost half of its supporters in the last 11 years. Full Article
Should Barack Obama be in Berlin to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Should Barack Obama have come to Berlin for the 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall? He is the only major world leader who won't be in the city split by the Cold War until 1989. Full Article | Comments [6]
