German Economy Is Struggling Because of Germans Calling for Less Immigration
Right-wing populists may not yet be in power in Germany, but they are certainly to blame for the country's struggling economy, a top globalist think tank has said, blaming their anti-immigration rhetoric for stifling economic growth. The old neoliberal orthodoxy that immigration leads to economic growth may be dead in the minds of many, but […]
German officials failed to deport Syrian migrant who allegedly butchered Germans at Christian concert
A 26-year-old Syrian asylum seeker is in custody after allegedly admitting to brutally killing three people – two men, aged 56 and 67, and a 56-year-old woman – and seriously injuring six more at a Christian music festival in Solingen, Germany on Friday. Left-wing politicians, who stand to lose to the right-wing Alternative for Germany […]
State Dept denies Blinken told Germans that Biden missed meeting to go to bed
The State Department has disputed a Wall Street Journal report that President Biden missed a meeting with German officials to get some sleep. The WSJ reported Monday that Germany has arranged a meeting between Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Bavarian resort of Schloss Elmau after the G7 summit in June 2022. Secretary […]
Germans are divided. Can Euro 2024 unite them? – podcast | News
The last time Germany hosted a major soccer tournament, the 2006 World Cup, a multicultural team that captured the hearts of the nation and left many feeling like a new, more open German patriotism was on the way. Fast forward to 2024, and things feel very different as the economy went into recession last year. […]
3 Germans arrested after allegedly spying for China, transferring info on potential military tech
In Germany, three German nationals were arrested on suspicion of espionage and illegally transferring technology that could have military use to China. The suspects are suspected of working for Chinese intelligence agencies before June 2022 and violating German export laws by exporting special lasers without permission. One of the suspects is said to have obtained […]