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The German families crossing borders to homeschool
From Denmark to digital classrooms, a small number of German families are testing alternatives to one of Europe’s strictest school-attendance systems.
May 30
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Rachel Stern
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Iran tries to murder a German public figure. Berlin stays silent.
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May 27
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Jörg Luyken
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Introducing Uber for hiding
Germany’s government believes apps and decentralised coordination can replace dedicated bunker infrastructure. But can platform logic survive a real…
May 23
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Jörg Luyken
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Can yesterday’s man save German liberalism?
At 74, Wolfgang Kubicki is taking over the FDP just as the party faces political extinction. His rise reveals a growing appetite for politicians who…
May 20
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Jörg Luyken
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The collapse of discipline in German politics
From coalition rebellions to collapsing approval ratings, Germany’s political system is showing signs of strain as economic stagnation and demographic…
May 16
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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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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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Why insults are a criminal offense in Germany
Nov 22, 2024
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Jörg Luyken
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The moral politics of German taxation
Why Germany increasingly links virtue, productivity and income — and why the argument is becoming more bitter.
May 13
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Jörg Luyken
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What Björn Höcke inherited
Germany successfully integrated millions of expelled Germans after 1945. But the political memory of those lost homelands never disappeared entirely.
May 9
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Jörg Luyken
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Is Germany facing a ‘confidence drain’ among young people?
Young people aren’t leaving the country in droves—but more of them are questioning whether they should stay.
May 6
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Rachel Stern
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What the saga of Timmy the whale tells us about the German soul
A stranded whale in the Baltic becomes a parable for a political system that refuses to accept its limits.
May 2
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Jörg Luyken
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The first signs of Germany’s austerity era
With industry weakening and spending rising, the government is starting to pass costs on to the public.
Apr 29
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany has forgotten the era that made it rich
The country's economic strength was built in the Kaiserreich. Today’s model preserves that success — but struggles to create new growth.
Apr 25
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Jörg Luyken
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Sexual violence is rising. Can Germany talk honestly about why?
The country is edging towards acknowledging uncomfortable truths about sexual violence — but stops short of drawing the conclusions that follow.
Apr 22
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Jörg Luyken
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The Prussian state still runs Germany
As the state expands and the economy stagnates, a privileged class of officials is drawing growing resentment — and deepening the divide between those…
Apr 18
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Jörg Luyken
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Hormuz is closed. Germany does nothing.
While Iran squeezes global energy supplies, Germany focuses on petrol taxes.
Apr 15
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Jörg Luyken
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The digital #MeToo Germany had been avoiding
A recent string of deepfake pornography cases expose a legal system unprepared for AI-driven sexual violations.
Apr 11
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Rachel Stern
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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
Germany’s post-Cold War foreign policy prioritized trade over security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced a strategic shift, exposing vulnerabilities…
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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