List of Germany articles
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An illustration of the profile of a white-haired politician surrounded by a wheel of zodiac signs against a starry setting Astrology Won’t Liberate Anyone
Attempts to build a left-wing occultism are fundamentally unserious.
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Volunteers from the German NGO Tentaja sift through donations destined for Ukrainian refugees in a hangar of the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport Tells Germany’s Story
Born just ahead of the horrors of the Nazi regime, the airport now offers a safe haven to refugees and everyday Germans.
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Protesters demonstrate against Germany’s proposed Building Energy Act in Munich on July 1. How a German Energy Law Became Part of the Culture War
A reform that experts see as central to achieving Berlin’s climate goals could also catapult the far right into power.
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A cashier puts Euro banknotes into a cash register on July 27, 2005 in Luneburg, Germany. Germany Is Hopelessly Addicted to Cash
Why Europe’s biggest economy won’t make the switch to paying with cards.
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Olaf Scholz waits for the start of a TV interview ahead of the upcoming 2021 federal elections in Berlin on August 15, 2021. Welcome to the West’s Olaf Scholz Era
Germany’s chancellor represents—for better or worse—the future of progressive politics.
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Hands hold the Orb, a biometric imaging device for Worldcoin, which aims to create a World ID digital passport with a tradeable cryptocurrency, in Berlin on Aug. 1. Annegret Hilse/Reuters Sam Altman Has a Plan to Tame the AI He Unleashed
Worldcoin trades cryptocurrency for eyeball scans, creating a global ID database and scaring the willies out of privacy experts.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes German Chancelor Olaf Scholz at the Grand Hall in Beijing on November 4, 2022. Germany Has a New Consensus on China
Berlin has published a surprisingly tough China strategy. Can it put it into action?
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New gun barrels for Leopard battle tanks are shown at the facility of German arms maker Rheinmetall in Unterlüss, Germany, on June 6. German Defense Companies Could Be Europe’s Arsenal of Democracy
But for the Bundeswehr to fight will take a culture shift, not just weapons orders.
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Campaign posters hang from lampposts in eastern Germany. Germany’s Far Right Sees Its Opening (Again)
The AfD is on the rise nationally, notching a mayoral win and matching the Social Democrats in polls. Can it last?
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A colorized print depicts Bohemian mercenary General Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein, wearing a hat with a feather, thigh-high boots, and lace cuffs and collar as he rides atop a bearded man wearing a tall furry hat as though he were a horse. Marauding soldiers are seen in the background landscape of houses and castles. Prigozhin Should Study Europe’s Greatest Mercenary
Albrecht von Wallenstein was the Holy Roman Empire’s power broker—until he clashed with his superior.
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Fans of the German band Rammstein line up under portraits of band members prior to a concert at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland. Rammstein Is Germany’s Scary New Normal
The band’s continued popularity is a sign of the country’s increasingly right-wing zeitgeist.
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An illustration shows the black outline of a German eagle with distressed and torn zeroes within it for a story about Germany's obsession with zero debt. Is Berlin Ready to Break the Bank?
Germany is obsessed with avoiding debt. But retrofitting the country may require taking it on.
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A Tornado reconnaissance aircraft takes off from a military airbase in Jagel, Germany, on Dec. 10, 2015. Did German Pilots Just Pass NATO’s Tactics to China?
A Luftwaffe scandal underlines Europe’s lack of seriousness about military threats.
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Britain's King Charles III, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Brandenburg state premier Dietmar Woidke, all wearing blue suits, meet British and German soldiers on a dock in Finowfurt, Germany. A German-U.K. Defense Deal Can Strengthen NATO
At a moment of profound change, Berlin and London must work together.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks at German economics and climate minister Robert Habeck prior to the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on Nov. 2, 2022. Germans Want Climate Policy—Just Not in Their Homes
A new law about home heating reveals political constraints on the energy transition.
