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Germany’s New Sonderweg
Echoes of the early 20th century in Germany's current crisis
Nov 15
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Jörg Luyken
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Fireworks, water cannon and flying fists outside the AfD youth congress
In Gießen, 25,000 protesters, 6,000 police and the AfD’s new youth wing turned up for a showdown over who controls the country’s streets.
Dec 3
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Jörg Luyken
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Is this Germany's 'Stop the Steal'?
The party that missed the Bundestag by fractions of a point in February is reluctant to accept the result... but do they have a point?
Nov 22
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Rachel Stern
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The German vigilantes who made it onto Trump's terror list
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Nov 29
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Jörg Luyken
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A podcast comment, a resignation, and a reminder of Germany's historical duty
What the AfD leader in Saxony-Anhalt framed as philosophy, others saw as a dangerous taboo breach. Who draws the line?
Nov 26
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Rachel Stern
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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 school system in Germany is still quite unequal’
Sep 13
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Rachel Stern
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Pension reform sparks crisis inside Merz’s CDU
A showdown over pension reform is pitting Merz against his own youth wing — with the coalition’s stability on the line.
Nov 19
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Jörg Luyken
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Is German democracy under threat (again)?
Germany's President Frank Walter-Steinmeier (SPD) got into hot waters for invoking history to make a case against the AfD. Was he right to do so?
Nov 12
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Rachel Stern
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Hot metal, cold economics - the unravelling of German steel
Germany’s steel industry, once a symbol of strength, now faces soaring costs, global competition, and uncertain survival.
Nov 5
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany: A nation of mobile dead zones?
Why there continues to be many areas in Germany with little (or no) mobile reception
Nov 8
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Rachel Stern
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A cancelled trip, a chip crisis, and Germany’s China problem
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul postponed a high-level trip to China amid a stand-off over chip exports for the car industry
Oct 29
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Rachel Stern
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On the ‘Stadtbild’ debate
How one word ignited Germany’s deepest debate on identity.
Oct 25
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Jörg Luyken
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End of the Brandmauer, Part II
Has the time come for the CDU to start talking to the AfD?
Oct 22
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Jörg Luyken
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Berlin might still be sexy, but it sure ain’t poor
Why it's time to cut off the capital's subsidies.
Oct 18
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany is set to overhaul its unemployment system... again
Will 'Basic Income Support' continue helping the people who currently receive 'Bürgergeld'?
Oct 15
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Rachel Stern
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The Bundeswehr should play a bigger role in defending against drones
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called the increase in drone sightings "a threat to our security." So why can't Germany's military have greater…
Oct 11
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Rachel Stern
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