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Economy

Merz’s Half-A-Trillion Bet: Reinvent The German Economy Or Become The World Champion Of Waste

As pressure mounts to divvy up Germany’s largest infrastructure fund in decades, the new chancellor must resist scattershot spending and steer the country toward high-tech transformation.

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Geopolitics

AfD Hate Goes Viral: How The German Far Right Mastered TikTok

Germany’s AfD has leveraged TikTok as a key tool in its political strategy, flooding the platform with catchy, populist posts whose virality has strengthened the party’s far-right discourse among a younger demographic.

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Geopolitics

All German Parties Are Veering To The Right — Even The Greens

An analysis of all election programs shows that German political parties have never been more right-wing than today. Of course, there’s the AfD — but other groups have also toughened their stance.

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Eyes on the U.S. Geopolitics Ideas

Only Angela Merkel Can Stop The Liberal West From Imploding

–OpEd- BERLIN — It’s been said that house guests are like dead fish: After three days they start to smell. When it comes to government officials, it usually takes a little longer. Americans make a president clear out of the White House after eight years, at the latest. That’s smart. Heads of government in Germany […]

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Society

Why The Burqa Fits Just Fine In A Modern Democracy

-OpEd- BERLIN — The ministers of the interior of Germany’s 16 federal states have presented their plan against terrorism. Among them, the abolition of the dual citizenship and a public ban on wearing the burqa. As far as is known, no dual citizenship holder has committed a crime of a terrorist nature. The number of […]

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Geopolitics Ideas

Germany: First Whispers Of Possible Merkel Government Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been immune to crisis, so far. But now that the government coalition is divided about the country’s open-door policy, things are about to change.

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Society

Why German Business Leaders Don’t Want A Burqa Ban

MUNICH — The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party in the southern state of Bavaria wants Germany to ban the burqa. But the toughest opposition to the proposal may come from what is otherwise a natural CSU ally: local business leaders. Should a ban be implemented similar to the one France approved in 2010, it […]

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