Die Tageszeitung, 3 December 2010
“Here’s the proof that Merkel will stop climate change,” jests Tageszeitung, with a shot of a Darth Vader in front of a snowclad Brandenburg Gate. The Berlin daily reports that according to the WikiLeaked documents, US diplomats in 2008 believed the German chancellor was pursuing an “aggressive” climate policy with massive support from the population. The TAZ counters that “Merkel isn’t actually pursuing an ‘aggressive climate policy’, she contents herself with announcing it” – and then puts environmental issues on the back burner. As for mass support, the TAZ calls that assessment “rather far-fetched”, and reminds its readers that hardly any other nation flies more, drives bigger cars or consumes more energy per capita than the Germans.
The leader of Greece’s leftist alliance SYRIZA is the new bright hope of Greek politics. Steering a course between pragmatism and the rhetoric of class warfare, he has unsettled Berlin, and not just those who back Angela Merkel's austerity policies. 
Europe’s economic woes have forced us to try to understand the secret Olympian world of global finance. But now that we pay more attention to bond yields and stability mechanisms, isn’t it clear that the experts up on their lofty peaks don’t know what’s going on either? 
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is hosted by Azerbaijan, a country that is far from being a model democracy. An Estonian journalist takes a critical look at the deferential treatment enjoyed by the regime in Baku.