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Jul 29
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Jörg Luyken
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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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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The German case against air conditioning
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, yet politicians and environmentalists remain deeply sceptical of the technology most people reach for first.
Jul 1
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Jörg Luyken
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June 2026
‘Germans Are Not Pacifists. They Are Realists’
We spoke with military sociologist Dr. Timo Graf about German attitudes towards the Bundeswehr, shifting security culture, and why Germany only now…
Jun 27
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Rachel Stern
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The reform that could make or break Merz
The Chancellor and the SPD have unexpectedly united behind a Swedish-style pension overhaul. Their next challenge begins when it reaches parliament.
Jun 24
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Jörg Luyken
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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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Jörg Luyken
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