John Kampfner is the author of Why the Germans Do It Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country.
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John Kampfner
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer walks past an EU flag as he arrives with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for their meeting inside 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 24, 2025.
Microphones on long booms extend out from a circle of journalists, some writing in notebooks with as a man at center ansers questions. A gridded glass roof is seen above.
A portrait of Angela Merkel standing in front of a white wall shows Merkel from the shoulders up, wearing a serious expression and frowning slightly at something out of frame. Her hair is short and neat, and she wears a brown blazer with a chunky necklace.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool on September 24, 2024 in Liverpool, England.
From left: Labour leader Keir Starmer and former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown arrive ahead of the proclamation of King Charles III in London on Sept. 10, 2022.
An employee of the public health care makes noise with a cooking pot as she takes part in a protest rally during a warning strike in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 13, 2023.
