Germany
The Alternative for Germany is no longer merely a protest movement. As the party approaches its first realistic chance of governing a German state, Brussels has launched proceedings, exposing a deeper struggle over democratic…
Germany
For decades Germany’s industrial success rested on a quiet geopolitical formula: cheap Russian energy, global export markets, and…
Europe
Germany’s postwar security model rested on delegated legitimacy: American power guaranteed order while Berlin embedded restraint inside NATO…
Culture
Populism does not arise because voters reject democracy. It arises when democratic systems remove major economic and social…
World
Volkswagen has ended car production at its Dresden showcase factory. The move is small in volume but large in meaning. Germany’s old advantage rested…
Europe
Germany’s de-industrialisation is not an accident but a self-inflicted collapse. By shutting nuclear plants, severing cheap Russian gas and accepting…
World
Populist energy has moved from the street into the state. Alice Weidel in Germany and Nigel Farage in Britain are…