Tag: Angela Merkel
Germany in the gas trap: reconstruction of a state failure
Putin, Merkel, Nord Stream Germany thought it had privatized the gas market – but in fact it had transferred security of supply to Russia. (Photo: Imago, Reuters [M]) Brussels In…
The expectations of the weakened economy at the top meeting with Olaf Scholz are enormous – there must be no more hot air like in the concerted action.
Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag The chancellor swears that the Germans will face hard times. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) For the first time, Olaf Scholz comes together with the entire top…
The new EU quota for women hits the German economy hard
Dusseldorf The EU’s new so-called gender quota, which the negotiators in Brussels agreed on late Tuesday evening and which is to apply from 2026, will hit the German economy hard.…
The new EU quota for women hits the German economy hard
Dusseldorf The EU’s new so-called gender quota, which the negotiators in Brussels agreed on late Tuesday evening and which is to apply from 2026, will hit the German economy hard.…
The Deutsche Bahn rail problem
With the nine-euro ticket, Deutsche Bahn receives increased attention, which, to their chagrin, also applies to negative points. For years, the state-owned company avoided modernizing the aging rail network. The…
What might you have missed?
former chancellor Under the motto “So what is my country?” Angela Merkel answered questions from the journalist and author Alexander Osang. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has…
What might you have missed?
former chancellor Under the motto “So what is my country?” Angela Merkel answered questions from the journalist and author Alexander Osang. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has…
“A moral epidemic has broken out in Moscow”
Regime supporters have burned his books in front of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Because the works of Vladimir Sorokin draw literary parallels from the violence of Ivan the Terrible…
Germany faces another four years of digital standstill
The author Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. Almost a year ago, Olaf Scholz made a big promise. In the event of an election victory, said the candidate for…
Russian missile attack on western Ukraine
Kyiv Several Russian missiles are believed to have landed in western Ukraine on Wednesday evening. The target of the attack was the transport infrastructure in the Stryi district, the head…
Olaf Scholz gives up the protective posture
“Be nice to one another” was announced by Axel Springer in Hamburg when he was still half a social democrat and a proud regional newspaper publisher. Nobody posts stuff like…
Merkel speaks of “barbaric war”
Angela Merkel According to a report, the former chancellor has now commented on the Ukraine war for the first time. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In her first public speech in around…
Billionaire George Soros predicts the apocalypse in Davos
Apocalyptic Soros The star investor warns of the Third World War. (Photo: Bloomberg) davos In view of the many crises, it was foreseeable that the mood at the World Economic…
Putin friend Gerhard Schröder is said to lose his former chancellor’s office
Gerhard Schröder The former chancellor has been heavily criticized for not giving up his posts at Russian energy companies despite the Russian attack on Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The office…
A Russian ex-officer expresses criticism on Putin’s state television
We do not know whether analogies to “Verdun” that one can read about are really correct. The only thing that is clear is that after almost three months, the Ukraine…
NFT: self-experiment with digital unique pieces
NFT The abbreviation NFT stands for “Non-Fungible Token”, unchangeable files that are stored on the blockchain in a forgery-proof manner Rome Time-consuming research in journalism often starts out simple. This…
SPD loses in the wake of Chancellor Scholz
Berlin Has Friedrich Merz, as federal chairman, created new impetus in the CDU? Did Olaf Scholz, as the fourth chancellor of the SPD, reanimate the once so proud people’s party…
Who will be the new Biontech?
Munich Travel educates, and sometimes even develops a life theme. At least that’s how it was a few years ago for longtime journalist Christoph Keese. His employer Axel Springer had…
Why Germany is not participating in the EU project
Berlin A video conference can hardly be better equipped. Among others, the then Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), French President Emmanuel Macron, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Biontech…
Weaponizing Energy – Morning Briefing Plus
A few weeks ago I argued in an editorial that Germany – despite all the devastating consequences for the economy – may have to prepare for a boycott of Russian…