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Soldiers at Christmas markets: a glimpse of Germany’s future?

A warning from France

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Jörg Luyken
Dec 13, 2025
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Dear Reader,

Is it too fatalistic to say that, if you want to see Germany’s future, all you need to do is look across the Rhine?

Despite spiralling levels of debt, the French government still can’t pass a budget through its fragmented and deeply divided parliament. Stuck in a state of paralysis, France burns through prime …

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