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AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt: What next?
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Sep 6
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Jörg Luyken
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Why Saxony-Anhalt matters
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Sep 3
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Jörg Luyken
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August 2026
The scandal wasn’t Jens Spahn’s sexuality. It was his hypocrisy
Spahn’s critics were accused of homophobia. But the real scandal was that he applied one set of rules to Germany — and another to himself.
Aug 30
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Jörg Luyken
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Reminder: Survey on the German Brief
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Aug 27
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Jörg Luyken
Germany’s answer to shortages: more shortages
Berlin wants to expropriate apartments and the Greens want more state intervention in the gas market. Neither does much to address the shortages driving…
Aug 26
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Jörg Luyken
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Survey on the German Brief
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Aug 24
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Jörg Luyken
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…
Aug 23
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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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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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Voigt of confidence
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Aug 18
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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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