Tag: democracy
Public Private Partnership against war and for democracy
In Germany, companies are working with citizens to provide humanitarian aid for the refugees from Ukraine. Dozens of international corporations have also withdrawn from Russia out of solidarity with the…
Chancellor Scholz shifts the lever in foreign and security policy. Finally, because democracy must be able to defend itself.
Nothing is like it was anymore. The strong speech by the Federal Chancellor on Sunday in the Bundestag means a turning point in the Berlin Republic. Olaf Scholz flips the…
The Putin model is gaining popularity
Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin (r.) According to Bertelsmann, freedom of expression has continued to decrease in many autocracies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Putin model is not the exception, but…
The Putin model is gaining popularity
Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin (r.) According to Bertelsmann, freedom of expression has continued to decrease in many autocracies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Putin model is not the exception, but…
MSC boss Ischinger: democracies increasingly helpless
Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference The former State Secretary in the Federal Foreign Office warns of the numerous geopolitical crises. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Shortly before the start…
Criminal offenses against politicians are increasing – BKA fears for democracy
Berlin Insults, threats, calls for murder: politically motivated crime against politicians has increased drastically. This is shown by figures from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which are available to…
Putin’s strength is the weakness of the West – Berlin is also responsible for that
Wladimir Putin Russia’s president has used brute force with considerable success. (Photo: AP) If Vladimir Putin could wish for a West, the picture he has created should come pretty close…
In search of the strong republic
Search for the strong republic Western democracies are facing major challenges. (Photo: Mauritius Images ) Factors such as timing or deal skill are part of democracy. Frank-Walter Steinmeier benefited greatly…
Biden is defending his previous tenure
Washington Anyone who was worried about the US President’s mental fitness was at least reassured on this point on Wednesday: Joe Biden answered questions from the White House Press Corps…
Biden is defending his previous tenure
Washington Anyone who was worried about the US President’s mental fitness was at least reassured on this point on Wednesday: Joe Biden answered questions from the White House Press Corps…
Edelman Trust Barometer: Germans distrust their country
trust in the political system Germany has suffered image damage among its own population. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The population’s trust in governments and the media has fallen massively during the…
A permanent security arrangement with Putin is impossible
Wladimir Putin Russia’s president sees himself threatened by the EU and NATO. Not militarily, but the ideas that came to Eastern Europe through the alliance made his position of power…
2022 will be a moral test for managers
When the risk managers in companies look at their radar screens these days to arm themselves for the greatest dangers of the New Year, the warning lights shine: The impending…
Biden fears another attack on democracy
Washington Outwardly, nothing is reminiscent of the terrorist attack that rocked the United States and the world a year ago. The soldiers of the National Guard, who cordoned off the…
A Hanseatic in the Chancellery – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
“His tone of voice is monotonous, his body language is very bad” – new Chancellor Olaf Scholz had to put up with such bad-tempered criticism from abroad at the beginning…
Biden’s offensive for democracy divides the world
Berlin, Brussels Joe Biden chose the title with care: When the US President welcomes the heads of government from around 110 countries to a video conference on Thursday, he does…
Biden’s offensive for democracy divides the world
Berlin, Brussels Joe Biden chose the title with care: When the US President welcomes the heads of government from around 110 countries to a video conference on Thursday, he does…
Merkel calls for the fight for democracy – “All the best” for Scholz
Berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the defense of democracy against hatred, violence and misinformation. Everywhere where scientific knowledge is denied, conspiracy theories and agitation are disseminated, contradictions must…
“Joe Biden is in danger of failure”
Düssel Even as a young researcher, Francis Fukuyama drew attention to himself with an almost daring thesis. The American political scientist postulated nothing less than the “end of history” and…
A more colorful parliament for a new era does not harm democracy
Reichstag building in Berlin 02/14/2021 The Bundestag meets for the first session after the election. (Photo: imago images / Dirk Sattler) With the constituent session of the new Bundestag this…