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Juliane Kokott: 'there's no macho atmosphere at the European Court of Justice'
The German mother-of-six, 50, is a woman of superlatives: as one of three women in an eight-man advocate general team at the ECJ, she most famously helped put Berlusconi on trial
ursula von der leyen, silvio berlusconi, european court of justice, luxembourg, european union, europe, brunch
Mikhail Gorbachev does Louis Vuitton
Politicians in advertising, advertising in politics – an ambivalent relationship
ursula von der leyen, communism, mikhail gorbachev, central and eastern europe, advertising, culture, western eu
Kindergarten tactics
Go back to work, have more children, and we'll look after every third child, says the new daycare reform in Germany, a country with one of the lowest birth rates in Europe. But conservatives aren't happy
ursula von der leyen, lifestyle, education system, society, germany, western eu, family
A capital that can’t grow up
Last May, the German daily newspaper Tagesspeigel warned that in Berlin one child in three lives off 'Hartz IV' (government aid). This is a new high for Germany and is more than twice the national average. Is it an avatar of reunification?
ursula von der leyen, cities, suburbs, cities, politics, poverty, society
