Germany’s political outliers embarrassing their parties
- 6th July 2021,
All major German political parties have a politician who knows how to play to the gallery with carefully honed outrageous statements — to the..
LATEST POSTS from Ben Knight
Who is Germany’s ‘New Right’?
- 18th June 2021,
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has started paying more attention to the “New Right,” the movement that..
Why young eastern German voters support the far-right AfD
- 11th June 2021,
If Germany’s recent regional election had been decided by young people, the far-right AfD would have..
CDU obstructs Germany’s whistleblower protection law
- 16th May 2021,
Ahead of the national elections, Germany’s ruling parties are at loggerheads on whistleblower protections. A December..
How to deal with the last Holocaust perpetrators
- 3rd April 2021,
The case of former Nazi guard Friedrich Karl B. underlines the disconnect between how the US..
Berlin’s revolutionary rent cap — success or flop?
- 23rd February 2021,
Berlin’s controversial five-year rent freeze — worldwide a unique experimental measure — is now a year
Neo-Nazi murder trial reveals threat to German democracy
- 28th January 2021,
The trial of two neo-Nazis accused of murdering a German regional governor is about to come..
Neo-Nazi Stephan E. convicted of Walter Lübcke murder
- 28th January 2021,
Neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of German..
Walter Lübcke’s murder and the NSU
- 21st January 2021,
The main suspect in Germany’s most prominent far-right political assassination since World War II has closed..
Halle synagogue attacker sentenced to life in prison
- 21st December 2020,
The far-right extremist who killed two people in the eastern German city of Halle after trying..