Strange questioning of witnesses shortly before the verdict 2024-02-23 15:27:54

Sebastian Kurz (left) and his former head of cabinet Bernhard Bonelli on January 31st during the trial at the Vienna Regional Court Image: dpa A verdict is imminent in the trial against former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The defense hoped that the testimony of a witness would provide relief. But that didn’t really work. IIn … Read more

Bundestag votes against Taurus delivery to Ukraine 2024-02-22 14:38:41

DThe Bundestag voted on Thursday against a motion from the Union parliamentary group that called on the federal government to deliver Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. The federal government has so far resisted supplying longer-range weapons. 480 MPs voted against the Union motion, 182 for it. Five politicians abstained. As announced, the FDP defense politician … Read more

Anger and despair at the Munich Security Conference 2024-02-18 05:22:52

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference Image: dpa Bad news from Ukraine, a transatlantic dispute on the open stage and a lukewarm performance by the Chancellor. If things continue like this, the West will have poor chances. ZAt the Munich Security Conference, the Russian side managed to achieve successes on several … Read more

Scholz and Zelenskyj open security conference 2024-02-17 16:03:55

Dhe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted with a standing ovation at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. February 24, 2022 “could have been the end of the world as we know it,” said Zelensky, referring to the start of the Russian war of aggression almost two years ago. Ukraine’s resistance together with its partners … Read more

Why Germany doesn’t build atomic bombs 2024-02-16 04:08:29

European, but not German: Photo taken after the explosion of the first French nuclear bomb in the Algerian Sahara in February 1960 Image: AFP No German chancellor sought his own nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, the civilian use of nuclear energy was viewed with great suspicion – not to Germany’s detriment. A guest post. DThe Federal Republic … Read more

How Robert Habeck became the supreme doomsayer 2024-02-15 10:10:40

Biberach is not Germany. At least not only. That is the reassuring news that comes from Robert Habeck’s visit to Leipzig on Wednesday. Given the general conditions, the trip of the Green Vice Chancellor and Economics Minister could have ended differently. His party is not exactly well-liked in the East. The visit to a crafts … Read more

Taxpayer-Funded Styling Expenses: Angela Merkel’s Lavish Makeover Billed to the People

2023-08-08 20:33:58 This bill has been washed… and blow-dried, made up and styled! Despite the end of her term of office, the federal government continues to pay for the styling of former Chancellor Angela Merkel (69, CDU). And not too tight: since the end of her term of office, 55,000 euros have already been collected … Read more

The Renaming of the Bismarck Room: Unraveling Historical Awareness and the Controversy of Cancel Culture

2023-01-03 08:00:00 A lack of historical awareness, misrepresentation of history and, of course, cancel culture: the knee-jerk criticism of the renaming of the Bismarck room in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin was to be expected. The wood-panelled room in which the SED Politburo met until 1989 is now called the “Hall of German Unity”. … Read more