Germany
Germany’s New Government Is in Thrall to Neoliberal Hawks
By Ines Schwerdtner
Dec.8,2021
Today, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz became leader of Germany’s new government. But with fiscal hawk Christian Lindner in charge of the...
German teacher used illegal handgun to shoot dead his three girls...
Dec. 8, 2021
A German teacher killed his family and then himself with an illegal handgun after his wife's bosses found out he had faked...
The reality of looted colonial art and restitution
"A high-priority cultural policy": The German Lost Art Foundation is hosting a conference on looted art and the restitution of colonial objects.
Dec 05, 2021
"As...
The Business Foundation of German Industry (II)
The geostrategic competition between the USA and China could lead to a decoupling of German companies from the Chinese or the US market, a...
Africa’s lost heritage and Europe’s restitution policies
France is returning artworks acquired in colonial times to Benin. Germany is also open to restitutions. How are other European countries addressing the issue?
Nov.9,...
Merkel’s push for German lockdown reportedly blocked as death toll passes...
By Holly Ellyatt
Nov. 25, 2021
Germany’s Covid-19 crisis continues to rock the nation with the grim news on Thursday that the total number of deaths...
Portugal’s Election Is About Whether Austerity Is Really Over
An interview with Jorge Costa
Nov.17, 2021
Portuguese premier António Costa has called a snap general election in a bid to end his dependency on left-wing...
Plus Ça Change
By Wolfgang Streeck
Sep/Oct 2021
Among the many astonishing upshots of the 2021 German election, the near-death of the Linkspartei stands out. It lost over 2...
The Business Foundation of German Industry (I)
Oct. 18, 2021
German Think Tank outlines scenarios for possible developments in the geostrategic competition between the USA and China and their respective impact on...
Germany, Nazism and Socialism
Berlin Admnistrative Court rules socialist ideas are “anti-constitutional”
By Peter Schwarz
Nov. 19, 2021
The Berlin Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuit brought by the Socialist Equality Party...