Germany’s Stasi-style crackdown on free speech
While American leftists worry they have a Hitler among them, Germany seems to be taking its cues from a more recent leader, East German socialist dictator Erich Honecker. Honecker maintained power through fear, coercion and a vast network of informants in the name of defending the state. Decades later, this thinking has returned with more […]
Germany’s Anti-Nuclear Policies Resulted in More Pollution: Report
Germany could have cut carbon dioxide emissions more effectively while saving hundreds of billions of euros if it had invested in nuclear power instead of green energy projects, a shocking report has found. The left-wing government in Norway, Europe's largest economy, made a disastrous error by moving away from nuclear power and focusing on so-called […]
Germany’s suicidal, rape-friendly immigration policy
If Ireland's decline is a tragedy, what's happening in Germany is the equivalent of experimental theatre: difficult to understand and even harder to explain. It's a darkly comical display of how a nation can simultaneously fully embrace absurdity and extreme injustice: a Germany once praised for its order and intellectual prowess, now finding itself in […]
Germany’s AfD Party Celebrates Big Victory
Germany's right-wing populist party celebrated “historic victories” in two state elections on Sunday. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won about a third of the vote in the eastern state of Thuringia, beating Germany's three governing parties and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) by a wide margin, according to the BBC. The AfD came […]
Germany’s right wing poised for major wins as centrist parties stumble
Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is expected to win its first election since being founded in 2013, with anti-migration sentiment driving voters to the polls. Exit polls on Sunday showed the AfD winning in Thuringia with 33.5% of the vote and Saxony with 31.5%. Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats received less […]
Germany’s Scholz Vows Tougher Knife Laws, Increased Deportations After Fatal Stabbing
Tighter knife laws and increased deportations of rejected asylum seekers were two pledges German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated in a tough line on Monday as he visited the scene of a knife attack in which a suspected Syrian-born Islamist terrorist killed three people. “Infuriated and outraged,” Scholz said, promising action after the deadly attack, which […]
Germany’s Lukas Maertens wins Olympic gold in men’s 400-meter freestyle
Germany’s Lukas Martens won the men’s 400m freestyle on Saturday, winning his first swimming medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Maertens was on world record pace at one point in the race, then slowed on the final turn, but finished strong to take the gold medal. Australia’s Elijah Winnington threatened Martens in the final stages […]
Germany’s Lukas Maertens wins Olympic gold in men’s 400-meter freestyle
Germany’s Lukas Martens won the men’s 400m freestyle on Saturday, winning his first swimming medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Maertens was on world record pace at one point in the race, then slowed on the final turn, but finished strong to take the gold medal. Australia’s Elijah Winnington threatened Martens in the final stages […]
48 hours in Cologne, Germany’s most laid-back city | Cologne holidays
IRead Kölsch for the fifth time and begin to understand the Cologne constitution.we are sitting Pefgen, one of the traditional breweries that produces the pale yellow beer typical of German cities. It’s served in a small straight glass (obviously the foam runs out quickly), and each time the glass is empty, the waiter shakes it […]
Former leftist militant arrested after 30 years on the run, Germany’s police say
Daniela Klett, a former member of the disbanded left-wing extremist Red Army faction, has been arrested in Berlin after being on the run for more than 30 years. Klett, along with Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Gerweg, has long been sought by police for involvement in at least 12 robberies and attempted murders in northern Germany […]