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Merkel’s Victory, Or How All Politics Is Local

Kai Arzheimer

Angela Merkel savors her victory on election night, September 22, 2013. (Marcus Brandt/AFP/Getty Images)

An unspoken consensus across Europe to avoid upsetting anything ahead of the German election did just that: Europe hardly featured in the campaign.

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Kai Arzheimer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz, Germany, and a visiting fellow in the Department of Government, University of Essex, U.K. You can read his blog here and follow him on Twitter @kai_arzheimer.