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Drill, baby, drill!
Prick your ears and you just might be able to hear it. Somewhere in the distance a faint voice is shouting: “Bohr, Schätzelein, bohr!” Yes, that’s right, in the midst of the worst energy crisis since the 1970s German journalists and politicians are beginning to remember that the…
Apr 8
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How the big beasts got it wrong
Leading German politicians are trying to wash their hands of responsibility for Russia's aggression in eastern Europe.
Apr 1
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A magazine for German news
Introducing the German Review for first-time readers
May 3
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Bull in a china shop diplomacy
Dear Reader, Perhaps you’ve heard of Andriy Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin who might very well be the least diplomatic man ever to have run an embassy. On his Twitter feed he regularly attacks the German political and intellectual establishment, sometimes very…
Mar 30
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Tearing down the wall
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The reality behind the U-turn
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The AfD's new meekness
Dear Reader, Today the Generaldebatte was held in the Bundestag. This is the central debate of budget week in which the Chancellor takes to the rostrum…
Mar 23
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Tearing down the wall
Zelensky's Bundestag speech
Mar 21
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The environmentalist buying the world's oil
Dear Reader, What has Robert Habeck, Germany’s Federal Minister for the Economy, been doing since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started three weeks…
Mar 18
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How good is the Bundeswehr?
Dear Reader, Just how capable is the German army of contributing to the collective defence of Nato members against a Russian attack? At this stage it is…
Mar 16
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The Wunschkonzert is over
Dear Reader, Since you last heard from me I went on holiday for a week and managed to bring back a coronavirus infection that I’m still feeling the…
Mar 14
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The death of Germany's 'best' businessman
Drugstore founder Götz Werne dies, leaving a positive legacy for Germany shaped by an eccentric belief system.
Feb 9
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On the German trans-debate
The debate over trans rights in Germany has also become bitter and polarized.
Feb 11
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New man at the ECB, SPD Ukraine talks, Covid demos
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