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Yet one of Delo’s adhesives is used in 80 percent of the world’s smart cards, and its customers are spread across Europe, the U.S., and Asia. That success is testament to Germany’s commitment to globalism—now a dirty word in some countries—and helps explain a political puzzle: How, in 2017, can Europe’s biggest economy have a normal, even boring, election while crusading populists have upended the political order elsewhere? “Other countries haven’t had the stability we’ve enjoyed,” says Delo Managing Partner Sabine Herold. “It’s a mistake to believe that you can save your castle by building more walls.” ...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/boring-beats-populism-as-german-voters-poised-to-reelect-merkel
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