How Angela Merkel broke Germany
Angela Merkel, who last month published her memoirs on her 16 years as German chancellor, was a great tactician. But…
Germany has a bleak future thanks to Olaf Scholz
The demise of chancellor Olaf Scholz’s lacklustre coalition of Social Democrats, Greens, and the liberal Free Democrats is unsurprising. The…
How Germany became the sick man of Europe
Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser – trust is good, control is better – is a popular German saying. It’s…
Germany’s tragedy is that it isn’t ready for the future
How do we defend Europe without the Americans? With Donald Trump inciting Russia to ‘do whatever the hell they want’…
An ex-German diplomat’s withering verdict on Berlin’s ‘flawed’ Russia policy
Arndt Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven couldn’t have had a worse start as Germany’s ambassador to Poland. Germany’s fraught historical legacy…
Germany’s rustbelt is reviving – but voters are still flocking to the AfD
West Germany’s first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, hated eastern Germany and said – possibly apocryphally – that Asia begins at the…
The trouble with Olaf Scholz
German chancellor Olaf Scholz still doesn’t get it. ‘Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf’ (the fish stinks from its head) is…
Nimbys and Greens are teaming up to block German wind farms
Germany’s Robert Habeck might well be an excellent children’s book author but he is proving to be a dismal economy…
Wolves and the Greens: why Germans are flocking to the AfD
‘Ku Klux Klan Brandenburg’ was emblazoned across the black T-shirt on a guy in line behind me at the Total…
Why trophy hunting could be key to saving Africa’s wildlife
The lion or elephant in the photo should be stone-cold dead. The hunter posing with it should be ugly, fat…
