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..
Heckler & Koch’s illegal arms deal with Mexico
- 20th February 2019,
Five H&K employees who conspired in a sale of G36 assault rifles to Mexico await their..
Conservative at Heart
- 3rd January 2019,
New CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has often been called an “Angela Merkel 2.0”. In fact, AKK..
Friedrich Merz: Germany’s Next Chancellor?
- 30th November 2018,
At a key party conference in early December, Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party is poised to..
Angela Merkel’s rival Friedrich Merz and the vast, shadowy power of BlackRock
- 29th November 2018,
The sheer scale of BlackRock’s finances makes its influence on the world unlike that of any..
Is Germany’s media to blame for the inexorable rise of the AfD?
- 14th November 2018,
The way journalists do business with politicians – being spoonfed – is a cosy arrangement that
Flying High on Pessimism
- 30th October 2018,
The far-right AfD has gained ever more popularity since its breakthrough in 2017. The party’s rise..
Surviving the end – Encounters with preppers
- 27th September 2018,
Who are the people preparing for the worst? Far-right conspirationists? Crackpots? Or just pragmatic realists? Ben
Crossing Germany’s divide — encounters with far-right protesters
- 15th September 2018,
DW reporter Ben Knight covered the recent right-wing demos in Chemnitz and Köthen, and had many..