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Three years after October 7, how safe is it to be visibly Jewish in Berlin?
Three years after the October 7 attacks, some Jewish Berliners are becoming more cautious about living openly, as a debate over antisemitism threatens…
Oct 7
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Rachel Stern
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Even Merkel wouldn’t get Germany out of this pickle
Friedrich Merz may be making Germany’s problems worse, but Angela Merkel would struggle to govern a country that has run out of easy choices.
Oct 3
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Rachel Stern
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Why Germany still loves its local banks
Publicly owned banks bring wealth to small town Germany. But they have problems, too.
Sep 30
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Jörg Luyken
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What Die Linke have learned from the AfD’s playbook
Both parties have discovered the political power of breaking taboos – and the centre risks playing straight into their hands.
Sep 27
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Jörg Luyken
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The CDU has hit rock bottom. What happens now?
These 5 scenarios could happen after Sunday’s elections
Sep 21
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Jörg Luyken
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Why Alice Weidel Called Hitler “Left-Wing” — and What It Reveals About the AfD
Jan 16, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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Why insults are a criminal offense in Germany
Nov 22, 2024
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Jörg Luyken
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Europe's feeble democracies
Feb 17, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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The truth on Covid at last?
Mar 12, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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What’s behind Die Linke’s comeback in Berlin?
With Berlin going to the polls today, the hard-left party is on course for victory. Why the turnaround and could they really succeed?
Sep 20
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Rachel Stern
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The only man who can save the CDU
...and he’s not even in the party
Sep 16
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Jörg Luyken
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Merz should have done a deal with the AfD in 2025. Now it’s too late
History weighed too heavily on the chancellor-in-waiting
Sep 13
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Jörg Luyken
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Will Merz survive the autumn?
The air is getting thin for the chancellor
Sep 10
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Jörg Luyken
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AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt: What next?
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Sep 6
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Jörg Luyken
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Why Saxony-Anhalt matters
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Sep 3
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Jörg Luyken
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The scandal wasn’t Jens Spahn’s sexuality. It was his hypocrisy
Spahn’s critics were accused of homophobia. But the real scandal was that he applied one set of rules to Germany — and another to himself.
Aug 30
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Jörg Luyken
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Reminder: Survey on the German Brief
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Aug 27
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Jörg Luyken
Germany’s answer to shortages: more shortages
Berlin wants to expropriate apartments and the Greens want more state intervention in the gas market. Neither does much to address the shortages driving…
Aug 26
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Jörg Luyken
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Survey on the German Brief
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Aug 24
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany’s infrastructure problem: energy, transport and connectivity
Germany’s infrastructure strains reveal a common pattern: ambitious targets, slow delivery and networks increasingly misaligned with political goals.
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Germany’s armed forces: readiness, rearmament and reality
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German media: public broadcasters, tabloids, trust — and the rise of alternatives
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Germany in the world
Understanding German foreign policy.
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Germany in decline: why the country’s old model is failing
The Federal Republic's reputation has suffered badly over the past 10 years.
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