Germany has developed into a hugely diverse country, but Angela Merkel’s centre-right CDU is still grappling with this reality, writes Isabelle Hertner. Over Merkel's 16-year Chancellorship, her party has been torn between pragmatic immigration policy, and the demand for cultural assimilation
Senior Lecturer in the Politics of Britain in Europe, King's College London
Isabelle’s research focuses on political parties in Germany, the UK, France, and at the EU level.
She researches party organisations (intra-party democracy, including the role of party members), policies, and discourses (on issues such as immigration, gender, and the EU).
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