Just like other countries around the world Germany is continuing to battle the coronavirus pandemic – though some states have taken the initiative and implemented more draconian measures than the federal government has. This could change soon, however, as the...
The Bundestag has introduced unprecedented measures in an attempt to mitigate the coronavirus crisis. Companies, the self-employed, and Hartz IV recipients are the primary beneficiaries of the package for which parliament even revoked Germany’s constitutional debt limit. What Do Merkel’s...
As the coronavirus continues to impact upon the global economy, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde has launched an emergency €750 billion package to ease the impact of the pandemic. It will buy government and company...
As pharmaceutical companies worldwide scramble to develop a vaccine for the Corvid-19 coronavirus, US President Donald Trump attempted to secure the exclusive rights to a possible cure. CureVac, a Germany-based company, was one of nearly two dozen research firms invited...
As in many European countries, the political in Germany appears to be faltering. In East Germany, voters are drifting to the fringes, while in the West it’s doing a bit better – though cracks are starting to appear. The election...
On February 10, Germany’s defense minister and head of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced her unexpected resignation as party chairwoman. As Angela Merkel’s heir apparent, Kramp-Karrenbauer was to set to become the CDU’s chancellor candidate in...
Thousands of US soldiers have been deployed to northern Germany in order to conduct a major military exercise with their allies. While the exercise officially aims to monitor and check the viability of logistics in a time of emergency, the...
An abhorrent act of violence motivated by hate shocked Germany this past Wednesday. In the city of Hanau, in the state of Hesse, nine people were fatally gunned down in successive attacks on three bars. All victims are individuals with...
The annual three-day-long Munich Security Conference kicked off Friday as world leaders and diplomats convened in Germany. In a stark departure from the typical tone of the event, trans-Atlantic differences between the US and Europe were at the forefront of...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan to have a successor who would carry on with her legacy has been thrown into a spin following the resignation of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. Kramp-Karrenbauer was Supposed To Be Next Up As Germany’s Leader—Now What? Kramp-Karrenbauer—also...
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