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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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Jörg Luyken
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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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Rachel Stern
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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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Rachel Stern
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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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Rachel Stern
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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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Rachel Stern
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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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Why insults are a criminal offense in Germany
Nov 22, 2024
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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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Europe's feeble democracies
Feb 17, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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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…
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Jörg Luyken
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Gas, stash and Brandmauer cracks
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Aug 22
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Jörg Luyken
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Nord Stream, green shoots and red lines
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Aug 20
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Jörg Luyken
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Voigt of confidence
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Aug 18
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Jörg Luyken
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Jul 29
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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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Jörg Luyken
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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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Jörg Luyken
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Twitter Merz: man or machine?
The Chancellor's late-night football tweet exposed the fiction behind modern political communication — and Germany's curious double standard over…
Jul 11
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Jörg Luyken
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Time to put the AfD on trial
Germany's constitution provides a way to settle the country's biggest political argument. It is time to use it.
Jul 8
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Jörg Luyken
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Merz's next big reform. But where are the reforms?
Friedrich Merz finally has his reform moment. The trouble is that many of the 34 measures announced this week aren't really reforms at all.
Jul 4
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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
How years of denial, underinvestment and political hesitation have left Germany struggling to turn the Zeitenwende into usable military power.
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German media: public broadcasters, tabloids, trust — and the rise of alternatives
From public broadcasting scandals to tabloid power and pandemic moralising: how German media narratives shape politics, polarisation and public trust.
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Germany in the world
Understanding German foreign policy.
May 11, 2025
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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.
May 4, 2025
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