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Henry Donovan

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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 10

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Henry Donovan

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 7

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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 10

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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 10

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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 20

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Europe / Friedrich Merz risks losing touch with the German people

29.12.2025 10

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Henry Donovan

Friedrich Merz risks losing touch with the German people

29.12.2025 20

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

12.12.2025 20

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

14.11.2025 20

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Germany’s rearmament puts Britain to shame

11.11.2025 10

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

28.10.2025 20

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Europe / Can Friedrich Merz save Germany from becoming irrelevant?

20.08.2025 20

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Friedrich Merz’s reign of error

13.08.2025 10

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Merz’s Palestinian disaster

31.07.2025 10

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

17.07.2025 10

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Can Germany control its borders?

04.06.2025 10

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Europe / Merz’s new coalition is bad news for Germany

09.04.2025 10

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What Denmark’s social democrats could teach Germany’s SPD

28.03.2025 10

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How Friedrich Merz betrayed his voters

17.03.2025 20

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Russia is the big winner in Germany’s election

27.02.2025 20

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Henry Donovan