The Sahel is of great importance for Europe, both geopolitically and economically. But the coup in Niger shows that the European approach to military missions and development cooperation in the region has failed. Europe needs a completely new approach to African policy.
By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Minister for Agriculture Cem Özdemir talks about trench warfare, his goals for a policy of common sense, and warns against black-and-white thinking in the discussion about new genetic engineering.
By Henrike Schirmacher