Germany’s economy minister pushes for European X, end of Silicon Valley dominance
Germany’s economy minister and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck pushed for Europe to create its version of social media platform ...
As VW stumbles, its headquarters’ town — and Germany — shudder
In Volkswagen’s deepening troubles, a reflection of the mounting risks facing Germany.
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German city lures early election voters with free beer
Free beer or non-alcoholic drinks were offered to early voters in the part of the western German city of Duisburg that has shown low turnout in the past. The city of Duisburg in western Germany ...
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German Election Spotlight Turns to Trump
German news media, and much of the country’s political leadership, immersed themselves to a larger degree in a blizzard of foreign-policy pronouncements from the Trump administration as Western ...
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German election: Duisburg lures early voters by free beer
Free beer or non-alcoholic drinks were offered to early voters in the part of the western German city of Duisburg that has shown low turnout in the past. The city of Duisburg in western Germany ...
The Daily Telegraph3d
As Germany’s economic miracle unravels, its dark past is coming back to haunt it
the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is both large enough and extreme enough to pose a real threat to the post-war Western order. Its heady brew of illiberal ethnonationalism has attracted the ...
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The latest polls ahead of Germany’s snap election
Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their local elections outright. Parties must ...
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Who Is Friedrich Merz, and Can He Fix Germany?
Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Nobody can be expected to fix Germany’s problems overnight, but with the ...
Europeans explore troops for Ukraine ceasefire — and want U.S. support
The prospect of troops in Ukraine gained traction as Europeans seek a role in talks between the Trump team and Moscow that ...
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Middle schoolers protest Pete Hegseth's DEI takedown at US base in Germany
Dozens of students at a U.S. military middle school in Germany walked out of class in protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's dismantling of DEI policies during his visit to the country this week.
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What Germany’s East-West divide means for the election
The division between Germany’s East and West did not disappear with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. An invisible “wall” still runs across the country when key demographic indicators are mapped.
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Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?
After a two-year lead in the polls, Friedrich Merz is largely expected to become German chancellor after the country's election later this month. Voters will head to the ballot box on 23 February ...