Nils Minkmar
Historian/journalist Nils Minkmar worked as an editor for the German broadcasting network ZDF and wrote for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Geo and Merian before joining the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in 2001, where he edits the arts supplement.
Updated: 8 January 2010
A sign of good will, a symbol, a gesture.... The German press has hailed Angela Merkel’s goodwill visit to Greece, but it is too little, and comes too late, complains a FAZ columnist. 
Let me get on with it – and trust me! In the midst of the European crisis, the German Chancellor’s usual approach has hit its limit. If she wants support for her policies, she first has to talk to all the people of Europe. 
Time was when European tellies teemed with series and singers from other European nations. Nowadays, laments historian/journalist Nils Minkmar, even as European borders open up, European mindsets are narrowing.