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The Nationalelf goes to church
For years, Germany's football controversies revolved around immigration and identity. Felix Nmecha's celebration after the victory over Curaçao suggests…
Jun 17
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Free tuition in Germany is not enough
The row over BAföG shows that access to university means little if students cannot afford to stay
Jun 13
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Rachel Stern
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The crisis in Germany's model city
Why Stuttgart's troubles matter far beyond Baden-Württemberg
Jun 11
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The neo-Nazi who exposed the flaw in Germany's self-ID law
Germany's self-ID law was built on the assumption that no one should judge whether a person's new identity is genuine. The courts are discovering that…
Jun 6
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What Germany should learn from Sweden
Germany sees a growing number of millionaires as a problem. Sweden sees it as a sign that more people should be investing.
Jun 3
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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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Europe's feeble democracies
Feb 17, 2025
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Why insults are a criminal offense in Germany
Nov 22, 2024
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What Hannover and Berlin reveal about Germany's NGO state
From a "ghost café" in Hannover to a controversial anti-Semitism fund in Berlin, two scandals reveal what can happen when politicians decide that a…
Jun 20
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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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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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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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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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