Refugees in Greece seeking reunification with family in Germany.
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The issue of whether to allow refugees to bring their close family to Germany has been a sticking point in coalition negotiations.
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Martin Schulz has said he’d rather go back into opposition than agree to another grand coalition. But is that sensible?
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Responses to the recent discovery of a Nazi swastika raise some awkward questions.
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The parliamentary arithmetic suggests Merkel would actually be in quite a stable position if she goes it alone, without calling fresh elections.
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German chancellor is running out of options to form a viable government.
Making of a demagogue.
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The Nazi fuhrer’s story about his ‘resurrection’ in 1918 is an important lesson for today.
Germany has introduced new legislation to try to stop the rise of online hate speech. It’s a phenomenon that’s happening in Canada too and many analysts point to the impact of Donald Trump’s politics.
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There has been a 600 per cent increase in online hate speech since Nov. 2015. The solution to stop the tide lies in both anti-hate laws and self-awareness education for audiences.
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Just what are we celebrating when we imagine an Augustinian friar nailing a document to a church door?
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Martin Luther has always given the country a chance to examine itself. Half a millennium on, the picture is more complex than ever.
Meet Jakob Fugger, the man who underwrote the ambition of power-hungry medieval Princes.
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Migration may help to pay Western pensions, but life is hard for those left behind.
A collage of Beate Uhse shops from the late 1970s.
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Just as Playboy was emerging as a cultural phenomenon in the United States, a German entrepreneur named Beate Uhse was building a sex business of her own – centered on the pleasure of women.
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Generations of Germans have worked to create a positive national identity based on difficult self-reckoning with the Nazi era. The recent election attacks that progress.
AfD’s , Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel will enter the federal parliament.
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Angela Merkel must continue to resist the temptation to cede political ground to the populists.
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Berliner’s may have won the latest battle to keep Tegel airport open, but they are unlikely to win the war.
AfD supporters celebrate as exit polls are announced.
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After taking more than 13% of the vote, this young party is entering parliament for the first time. And a lot of people are upset about it.
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The chancellor wins again, but the rise of the populists will probably force the next administration to the right.
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The chancellor remains strong but right-wing populists are likely to enter parliament on Sunday.
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Few thought she’d go the distance when she first came to power. That was more than a decade ago.
Election posters in Frankfurt tout German Chancellor Angela Merkel and request votes for her CDU party. German elections will be held on Sunday but, as usual, the action begins after the race is over. The slogan reads “Successful for Germany”
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German elections are typically tame. Jockeying for power takes place later, in negotiations for a coalition government. Could the xenophobic Alternative for Germany form the opposition?