Algerians are unable to forget their past, and still fear the chaotic years of violence may return. The government’s refusal to allow people to talk about the violence has compounded the trauma.

The SPD jointly governs four states with conservatives and three with the radical left. The question is, does it still have any valid manifesto of its own?

The EU began as a vehicle for industrial cooperation between its leading nations, a way to create champions in key industrial sectors that could compete worldwide — think Airbus. But national rivalry, US dominance and neoliberalism have ended that.