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November 21, 2009
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Germany's citizens in uniform
Roger Boyes, Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, believes German society’s fascination with authority belongs confined to where it once was lacking: the country’s military. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
Opel is not the world
International solidarity among autoworkers? Malte Lehming from Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel believes German outrage over GM’s decision not to sell Opel needs to be put in transatlantic perspective. READ »
Trading magic for the beauty of being ordinary
Forget the magic of history and Helmut Kohl’s illusory “blossoming landscapes” – 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall eastern Germany has become a beautifully ordinary place, writes The Local’s Marc Young. READ (1 COMMENT) »
German media roundup: Kudos for Merkel's 'freedom' speech
The Local’s German media roundup surveys the overwhelmingly positive response to Chancellor Angela Merkel's historic address to a joint session of the US Congress on Tuesday. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
Can Berlin meet American expectations?
Angela Merkel’s speech to the US Congress on Tuesday is an honour for both the chancellor and Berlin. But her trip to Washington comes at a price, believes Dr. Josef Braml from the German Council on Foreign Relations. READ (9 COMMENTS) »
Merkel’s stealth reform agenda
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new centre-right coalition wants to avoid being stigmatised as a callous, neoliberal reform project. But Zeit Online’s Katharina Schuler argues it has already set Germany on the path for dramatic change. READ (3 COMMENTS) »
My Dear Krauts
Taxiing for takeoff at Berlin's Tempelhof
Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport might be closed to air traffic, but Roger Boyes, correspondent for British daily The Times, believes it could still help the German capital soar. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
Portnoy's Stammtisch
Going with Germany's bureaucratic flow
In the latest installment of Portnoy’s Stammtisch, The Local’s column about life in Germany, Portnoy explains how he learned to cope with the country’s bleating bureaucrats. READ (11 COMMENTS) »
Why Guido Westerwelle shouldn’t become Germany’s foreign minister
Guido Westerwelle is on track to become Germany’s next foreign minister, but Katinka Barysch from the Centre for European Reform argues he should take the helm of the Finance Ministry instead. READ (6 COMMENTS) »
Making the SPD relevant through redundancy
The Social Democrats suffered a resounding defeat in Sunday’s election. Lorenz Maroldt, editor-in-chief of Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel, believes the beleaguered party can now deal with the issues it has neglected for too long. READ (2 COMMENTS) »
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