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Mr Merz: Out of Office
Germany’s government is splashing cash to jolt the economy, but mounting debt, looming pension costs, and a distracted chancellor abroad raise doubts…
Jun 29
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Jörg Luyken
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FKK and other contradictions
Germany is a nation of contradictions—celebrating nudity yet guarding privacy, excelling in engineering but mired in bureaucracy, and promoting green…
Jun 25
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Rachel Stern
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Hijabs... Habeck... ha-choo!
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Jun 22
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Jörg Luyken
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Hijabs... Habeck... ha-choo!
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Are Germany's NGOs too powerful?
A €39 grant for an anti-extremism protest sparked a national controversy over state-funded NGOs, political bias, and alleged misuse of democracy…
Jun 17
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Jörg Luyken
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Are Germany's NGOs too powerful?
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The F-word and the R-word
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Jun 2
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Jörg Luyken
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The AfD paradox
Jan 16
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Jörg Luyken
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Time to bring back military conscription
Mar 9
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Jörg Luyken
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The fall of the Wall
Jan 26
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Jörg Luyken
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The fall of the Wall
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In the blind spot of history
Dec 8, 2024
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Jörg Luyken
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The fugitive living in a Munich villa
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May 28
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Jörg Luyken
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The wine, the greatcoat and the rifle
Back in 2016, I went on a road trip around the Czech Republic and Slovakia with a friend I’d met a few years earlier in the Middle East.
May 25
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Jörg Luyken
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Toppling the King
The reign of Peter I of Germany ended abruptly this week
May 18
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany in the world
Germany’s post-Cold War foreign policy prioritized trade over security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced a strategic shift, exposing vulnerabilities…
May 11
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany in decline
The Federal Republic's reputation has suffered badly over the past 10 years.
May 4
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Jörg Luyken
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The rise of the AfD
Do the AfD represent a mortal danger to German democracy, or are they the last hope for a country whose leadership have lost their way?
Apr 25
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Jörg Luyken
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The rise of the AfD
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Germany’s election system is a scandal
Two million Germans won’t be represented in the new Bundestag by the candidate who won their local race.
Mar 27
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Jörg Luyken
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Time to bring back military conscription
Why conscription can do more than just build a modern army.
Mar 9
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Jörg Luyken
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The big white giant
1970s behemoths + Merz in America + sexy statues
Jun 8
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Jörg Luyken
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Merz starts with a bang
Will Germany’s security strategy be transformed under Merz, or is he merely better at setting the next day’s headlines than his predecessor was?
May 22
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Jörg Luyken
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Protecting the constitution or protecting the government?
On the BfV intelligence agency's new report on the AfD
May 14
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Jörg Luyken
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