Opinion
Dec 17, 2021
3 minutes
Timothy Garton Ash
Illustration
Nate Kitch
FRANCOIS BALLOUX
The Omicron wave looks like a lose-lose deal
The Lufthansa stewardess on the flight from London to Munich handed me one very small, yellow-wrapped bar of chocolate: the usual ration. When she saw that I was working my way through a long German document she gave me one more, exclaiming: (“You’re so hardworking!”) I explained that this was actually the 177-page coalition agreement between the three parties forming her new government. Excitedly, she showered me with a whole handful of the miniature chocolate bars, followed by
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