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Could this woman be dangerous for Scholz?
Dear Reader, Germany’s most famous prosecutor quit her job in a blaze of fury this week. Until this week Anne Brorhilker, 50, was chief prosecutor in…
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Back to normal in Beijing?
Dear Reader, Olaf Scholz can’t have been too far away from the action when Iran started its drone assault on Israel last Saturday. Unlike Joe Biden, who…
Apr 21
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Back to normal in Beijing?
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The German town that ran out of power
Dear Reader, This week marked a year since Germany switched off its last nuclear reactors. That decision put the country on a somewhat lonely path…
Apr 18
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The perfect dog whistle
Dear Reader The accusation that a word or phrase used by a politician is a ‘dog whistle’ - i.e. it is pitched at a frequency that most listeners can’t…
Apr 13
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Think about the children
Dear Reader, When my partner and I welcomed our second child to the world last November, we only had a few days to enjoy the moment. In the back of our…
Apr 11
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How Germans are forgetting their own language
Dear Reader, If you’ve been in conversation with a German colleague recently, and you’ve been making the effort to speak their language, you may have…
Apr 7
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What's the secret to Leverkusen's success?
Dear Reader, Before I start, I want to draw your attention to the German Review’s comments section. While this is a newsletter, you can still post your…
Apr 4
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March 2024
Germany forced to publish 'explosive' Covid files
Dear Reader, Remember the coronavirus and those minor infringements of constitutional rights that took place a couple of years back? It seems like the…
Mar 30
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Germany forced to publish 'explosive' Covid files
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Time to break with 'German guilt'?
Germany has remained one the most steadfast allies of Israel despite increasing concerns that the country could be breaking international law in its war…
Mar 27
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Why are so few refugees finding work?
Dear Reader, For this weekend’s newsletter I set about trying to understand one of the most emotionally charged questions in German today: why are so…
Mar 24
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Where did it all go wrong?
A decade ago the world looked at Germany in envy. Its economy was booming, it was successfully integrating immigrants and it was a model of politically…
Mar 20
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How big a problem is financial sleaze?
While reading the papers with my morning coffee today, I came across the NANC trading fund, which was set up to mirror the stock portfolio of former…
Mar 18
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