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Katja Hoyer

Katja Hoyer

The Spectator

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The AfD is flirting with Nazi history – but moral outrage alone won’t stop the far right

Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is different from its sister movements across the west. In a country deeply conscious of its...

23.02.2026 250

The Guardian

Katja Hoyer

Why can’t Friedrich Merz just say sorry?

20.11.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Books / What drove the German housewife to vote for Hitler?

30.10.2025 20

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Schadenfreude / The plight of Germany’s powerless centrists

27.09.2025 6

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Schadenfreude / The plight of Germany’s panicking centrists

27.09.2025 7

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Germany’s panicking centrists are driving voters to the fringes

27.09.2025 8

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

If the Greens in Germany move towards the centre, they can become a real force again

08.08.2025 10

The Guardian

Katja Hoyer

Germany’s Bundeswehr bears no resemblance to an actual army

31.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Lacking force / Germany’s Bundeswehr bears no resemblance to an actual army

29.05.2025 7

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Monarchism is a real threat to the German state

21.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Merz’s plan to reclaim Germany’s place on the world stage

04.05.2025 8

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Merz’s coalition treaty is an empty, promise-free shell

12.04.2025 4

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Merz has paid a high price to pass Germany’s spending package

19.03.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Is Friedrich Merz floundering already?

15.03.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Rising tensions / Can Germany rise to the challenge of protecting Europe?

18.02.2025 5

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Why can’t Germany kick its addiction to Russian energy?

02.02.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Germans no longer feel safe after these horrific crimes

23.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Alice Weidel is the presentable face of the AfD. And the one its opponents should fear the most

23.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Katja Hoyer

Why German politicians fear Musk’s AfD interview

10.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

Why Germans love Dinner for One

On his first state visit to Germany as monarch last year, King Charles III cracked a joke only Germans would find funny. Speaking in front of...

31.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer

How the Magdeburg Christmas market attack will change Germany

More than 200 people were injured and at least five lost their lives after a man ploughed a car into crowds at a Christmas market in the German...

21.12.2024 7

The Spectator

Katja Hoyer