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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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Germany’s hidden AI boom
Germany may be losing the race to build the world’s most powerful AI models. But its industrial companies are cashing in on the infrastructure boom…
Aug 23
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The German drought apocalypse hasn’t arrived
The country is getting drier, but grain yields have held up surprisingly well. And there may be opportunities in warmer summers.
Aug 19
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Can Germany's anti-drone startups keep up with the threat?
The country is pouring money into a new DefenceTech industry and learning from Ukraine. But slow procurement and fragmented authority poses a challenge.
Aug 15
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The tangled bureaucracy choking German business
Why Germany’s many government agencies still struggle to act like one state - and why that could soon change.
Aug 12
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Why insults are a criminal offense in Germany
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The truth on Covid at last?
Mar 12, 2025
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Europe's feeble democracies
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Gas, stash and Brandmauer cracks
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Nord Stream, green shoots and red lines
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Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser!
Why Germany's new sick note proposal signals a deeper shift in the relationship between workers, employers and the state.
Jul 25
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Germany's Zeitenwende is being put to the test in Lithuania
As Berlin builds its first permanent brigade-sized formation abroad since the Second World War, German soldiers on NATO’s eastern flank are being…
Jul 22
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What did your Opa do during the war?
Germany’s liberal newspapers have turned Nazi-era family secrets into a subscription product — exploiting guilt, suspicion and the darker side of the…
Jul 18
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No more Stoßluften!
Merz spent the spring trying to give Germany's economy a breath of fresh air. Now his coalition must survive a politically explosive autumn.
Jul 15
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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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