Tag: Germany
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Merkron: the alliance planning to save Europe
On his first trip as president, France’s Emmanuel Macron has met Germany’s Angela Merkel. They pledged to defy nationalism and deepen ties between European countries. Will their vision work?
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Germany mourns nine killed in mass shooting
The deaths of nine people in Munich last Friday are ‘difficult to bear’ says Angela Merkel. Their killer appears to have been a ‘withdrawn’ teenager who was ‘obsessed’ with mass shootings.
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Hitler’s murder manifesto to be re-published
Mein Kampf, the book which outlined the Nazis’ racial theories, will be published in Germany for the first time since 1945. But should access to Hitler’s genocidal ramblings be restricted?
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‘Ease up on austerity’, growing chorus cries
The first few heady days of Greece’s new government have given hope to other European countries crippled by debt. As the anti-austerity clamour grows, is it time for Europe to change course?
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Immigration looms over Merkel’s UK visit
As the German chancellor begins her visit to the UK today, she leaves behind a country torn apart by anti-Islam protests. Merkel has condemned the marches; but will her words backfire?
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Brazil humiliated in World Cup game of shame
Germany obliterated the hosts 7-1 in a match that will be forever etched in the minds of Brazilians. With national elections looming, could the defeat cost the country’s president her job?
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Germany learns to laugh about Hitler
Germans haven’t always found it easy to make fun of the 20th century’s most notorious dictator, but now a novel has turned him into a stand-up comic. Can humour help to wipe away horrors?
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Historian claims Britain wrong to enter WWI
Last month, the historian Niall Ferguson made headlines when he reasserted his claim that Britain should not have entered the first world war. Was British involvement avoidable?
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Cars face ban in new ‘green-networked’ city
Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany, will ban cars from its urban centre under plans to cover the metropolis in a new ‘green network’ by 2034. Are drivers’ liberties under threat?
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Hoard of ‘degenerate’ art stolen by Nazis found
German authorities have discovered 1,500 paintings worth an estimated £850 million in a secret collection of works confiscated by Hitler’s regime. Why do totalitarian rulers feel threatened by...
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The world’s most powerful woman faces poll test
Facing a general election on Sunday, commentators expect Angela Merkel to remain in post as ‘Queen of the EU’. Will she increasingly lead the West?
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Merkel fears for Europe’s ‘lost generation’
As joblessness among young people rises across the European Union, Angela Merkel has a strategy to help the under-25s find work: imitate Germany’s apprenticeships.
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Battle lines drawn over WWI commemorations
The First World War left 16 million dead and paralysed much of the globe. One hundred years later, politicians and historians debate how best to remember ‘the war to end all wars.’
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EU tells Cyprus to take cash from bank deposits
For the first time a struggling EU country has been told to take money from its citizens’ savings. To get a €10 billion rescue loan, Cyprus must take €6 billion from its bank deposits.
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Study reveals shame of Hitler’s tame philosophers
Adolf Hitler called himself the ‘Philosopher Fuhrer’ and was backed by some of the greatest minds of the 20th Century. How did supposedly wise thinkers fall under the dictator’s evil spell?