Germans worry about not getting things right. What has happened to Germany’s much-vaunted German efficiency?
Merkel vs. Bertolt Brecht: The Coronavirus and the Three Penny Opera
In her management of the Coronavirus crisis, Angela Merkel is making a big bet against the German playwright Bertolt Brecht and his “Three Penny Opera.”
Coronavirus: What Does Merkel Know That Macron Doesn’t?
Angela Merkel is acting – though definitely not looking – like a flower power girl from California. Focused on consensus, not leadership, she believes in human goodness.
Time to Write Deutsche Bank’s Obituary?
Deutsche Bank, once the powerhouse of the German economy, is being battered ever harder by the fallout from ferocious crises, with no safe harbor in sight.
Thank God for France’s Sense of European Realism
French President Emmanuel Macron’s restrictive stance on EU membership for the Western Balkans injects a much-needed dose of realism into EU affairs.
“Westlessness” — Seriously?
Europe keeps dithering on the global stage. Even the French and the Germans can’t fake consensus anymore.
Germany: Political Helter-Skelter
The AfD’s Thuringia maneuver caught Germany’s right-of-center parties flat-footed. The odds of a leftist coalition at the federal level in 2021 are rising.
Is Germany’s Der Spiegel Racist?
In the latest case of self-flagellation, the ever more twisted German left, in its filter bubble, now accuses Der Spiegel for an anti-Chinese racist cover.
Ai Weiwei Cries Wolf About Germany
Ai Weiwei engages in the very same racial stereotyping about Germany that he complains, with very thin, if not contrived proof the Germans exhibited toward him.
Firsts in 2010
What “firsts” in economics, politics, technology and demographics occurred in 2010?