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Germany is quietly falling apart

In Germany, the trains have stopped running on time, bridges have been shut over safety fears, and the country’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen, is...

07.07.2026 20

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Henry Donovan

Germany is quietly falling apart

In Germany, the trains have stopped running on time, bridges have been shut over safety fears, and the country’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen, is...

06.07.2026 20

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Henry Donovan

Britain and Germany are failing to learn from each other’s mistakes

Wes Streeting wants to take Britain back towards the European Union. Or at least closer to it – close enough to feel the warmth without quite...

19.05.2026 20

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Doppelgänger / Friedrich Merz has become the new Angela Merkel

Germany’s conservatives voted for decisiveness after the dreary Scholz years. Instead, they got another moderator-in-chief – one very much like...

25.04.2026 30

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Friedrich Merz has become the new Angela Merkel

Germany’s conservatives voted for decisiveness after the dreary Scholz years. Instead, they got another moderator-in-chief – one very much like...

25.04.2026 30

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Henry Donovan

Why did the authorities turn a blind eye to the alleged rape of a Berlin schoolgirl?

A 16-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly raped in the garden of a state-funded youth centre in Berlin-Neukölln last November. It was evening. The...

20.03.2026 40

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Why the AfD has fallen out of love with Trump

When the Alternative for Germany (AfD) condemned America’s strikes against the Iranian regime last week, the reaction in Washington must have been...

09.03.2026 40

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Henry Donovan

The German army’s drones disaster

German politicians like to talk about Zeitenwende – the country’s great turning point in its defence policy since the invasion of Ukraine. And it...

24.02.2026 40

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Europe / Friedrich Merz risks losing touch with the German people

29.12.2025 40

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Henry Donovan

Friedrich Merz risks losing touch with the German people

29.12.2025 50

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Henry Donovan

When will Europe's leaders wake up to the Russian threat?

12.12.2025 40

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Henry Donovan

German conscription should trouble Britain – but not for the reason you think

14.11.2025 40

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Germany’s rearmament puts Britain to shame

11.11.2025 30

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Self-inflicted fiasco / Only honesty can kill the rise of Germany’s AfD

28.10.2025 40

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Europe / Can Friedrich Merz save Germany from becoming irrelevant?

20.08.2025 30

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Friedrich Merz’s reign of error

13.08.2025 30

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Henry Donovan

Merz’s Palestinian disaster

31.07.2025 30

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Friedrich Merz is coming to Britain to forget his troubles at home

17.07.2025 30

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Henry Donovan

Can Germany control its borders?

04.06.2025 30

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Henry Donovan