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Lessons from German-Dutch Military Integration for Japan and South Korea
The NATO Response Force (NRF) and EU Battlegroups have demonstrated that placing multinational forces on standby does not automatically make them immediately operational. German-Dutch...
AfD Gains Ground as Merz Calls Germany State Election Result a ‘Disaster’
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won first place in state elections in northeastern Germany, marking the worst result for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative...
German General Carsten Breuer Elected to Head NATO Military Committee
General Carsten Breuer from Germany has been chosen as the next head of NATO's military committee, a key advisory body for the alliance's political...
Germany’s Bond Market Isn’t Pricing This Crisis At All
Ten-year Bund yields hit their highest level since 2011 the week the AfD won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt — the worst state...
Söder’s Loyalty to Merz Is Real. It’s Also Free
Within days of the CDU's worst-ever state election result, CSU leader Markus Söder ruled out any move against Chancellor Friedrich Merz "under no circumstances,"...
The Most Dangerous Number in Germany’s Sunday Votes Isn’t the AfD’s
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, incumbent SPD premier Manuela Schwesig leads her AfD challenger, Leif-Erik Holm, 60% to 25% in head-to-head polling. It is not close. And...
Germany’s AfD Firewall Just Broke in Saxony-Anhalt
The clearest sign Germany's “firewall” against the far right no longer means what it says came four days after Saxony-Anhalt voted. BSW co-chair Amira...
AfD, Reform UK and RN Aren’t the Same Story
In 2026, a small cottage industry of British commentators started asking whether the UK needs its own version of Germany's Brandmauer — a cross-party...
The Predictable Earthquake: What Saxony Anhalt Tells Us About Europe
On Sunday 6 September 2026, voters in the eastern German state of Saxony Anhalt did something no electorate in the country had ever done....
Germany Challenges Nicaragua Case Over Arms Supplies to Israel
Germany has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss a case brought by Nicaragua accusing Berlin of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention...