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Abort, abort!
More chaos inside the Bundestag
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Jörg Luyken
Du spinnst!
Judicial appointments in the Bundestag reveal deepening ideological divides. Coalition maths forces cooperation with fringe parties, while controversial…
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Jörg Luyken
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Israel and the AfD divide
What reactions to the war in the Middle East tell us about the AfD
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Jörg Luyken
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What a scorcher!
Julia Klöckner’s decision to limit rainbow flag displays sparked controversy, reflecting deeper tensions over what the flag represents—gay rights or…
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Jörg Luyken

June 2025

Mr Merz: Out of Office
Germany’s government is splashing cash to jolt the economy, but mounting debt, looming pension costs, and a distracted chancellor abroad raise doubts…
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Jörg Luyken
FKK and other contradictions
Germany is a nation of contradictions—celebrating nudity yet guarding privacy, excelling in engineering but mired in bureaucracy, and promoting green…
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Rachel Stern
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Hijabs... Habeck... ha-choo!
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Jörg Luyken
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Are Germany's NGOs too powerful?
A €39 grant for an anti-extremism protest sparked a national controversy over state-funded NGOs, political bias, and alleged misuse of democracy…
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Jörg Luyken
The big white giant
1970s behemoths + Merz in America + sexy statues
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Jörg Luyken
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The F-word and the R-word
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Jörg Luyken
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May 2025

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