| GERMANY'S DEPARTED CHANCELLOR Helmut Schmidt's Life in Pictures Helmut Schmidt was chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, but he grew to mean so much more to the country. In the decades since his term at the top, he became Germany's beloved elder statesman and a truly incisive commentator on current events. |
| INTERVIEW WITH GARRY KASPAROV 'Putin Needs Wars To Legitimize His Position' In an interview with SPIEGEL, former Russian opposition chief and chess world champion Garry Kasparov calls Vladimir Putin a dictator and accuses the West of capitulating in the face of the Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy. |
| THE HAPLESS PRESIDENT Is François Hollande Re-Electable? François Hollande is already viewed as the most unsuccessful president in recent French history. His hapless leadership has enabled the rise of Marina Le Pen's far-right Front National. He plans to run again in 2017, but does he stand a chance? |
| INTERNAL EU DOCUMENTS How the Benelux Blocked Anti-Tax Haven Laws Internal European Union documents seen by SPIEGEL clearly show how Luxembourg's government, under the leadership of Jean-Claude Juncker, sought to use tax breaks to attract companies to the country. European parliamentarians want to know more. |
| GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS Germany Spied on Friends and Vatican Efforts to spy on friends and allies by Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, were more extensive than previously reported. SPIEGEL has learned the agency monitored European and American government ministries and the Vatican. |
