Following a fourth straight election setback in just a few months, Angela Merkel has been showing some emotion. She has even admitted to making mistakes. But how credible is the chancellor’s change of tone? Is it perhaps just an election strategy?

This week's guests:

-Derek Scally is a correspondent for the Irish Times.
-Alan Posener is an author and commentator for Die Welt.
-Pascale Hugues is a French journalist and author.