Berlin’s new rent freeze: How it compares globally
- 23rd October 2019,
Berlin’s brand-new rent freeze (and cap) is hardly unique among cities with pressured housing markets. But..
Assault rifles for civilians – the Heckler & Koch AGM
- 15th September 2019,
Here’s my account of the Annual General Meeting of Heckler & Koch, in Rottweil in 2019.
Germany’s populist AfD appeals to Saxony’s ‘bourgeois’ small-town voters
- 26th August 2019,
The town of Bautzen is picturesque, prosperous and hasn’t had trouble with refugees for years. Nevertheless,..
Renters in Berlin are appealing to the local council to stop the sale of their homes...
Why the German urban middle class is going Green
- 17th July 2019,
In the European Parliament elections, the Greens won all of Germany’s major cities, secured a third..
Combat 18: The neo-Nazi network facing a ban in Germany
- 5th July 2019,
Germany may soon ban the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 as a terrorist organization. Given Germany’s history,..
Inhabitants of Fürstenfeldbruck, a refugee processing center near Munich, told DW of overcrowding, filth and bureaucratic..
Words Don’t Come Easy: “Populism”
- 29th April 2019,
There are fears that the growing populist forces on the right and left are paving the..
Close-Up: Robert Habeck
- 27th February 2019,
In a political landscape beset by fragmentation, Germanyʼs Greens are going from strength to strength. Their..
Heckler & Koch fined €3.7 million over illegal arms sales to Mexico
- 21st February 2019,
Two former staff members at the weapons manufacturer were given suspended sentences for violating Germany’s War..