Berlin is rearming, and its neighbors are weighing the risks and benefits of the new German hegemony
The European reaction ranges from relief that defense is being taken seriously to fear that increased spending will destabilize the EU
Chancellor Merz’s international challenge: Make Germany ‘independent’ from the US or maintain the link despite Trump
The grieving process for the possible loss of Washington’s protective power has begun. ‘Our interest is to keep the Americans in Europe,’ says a prominent Christian Democrat
The drums of war are beating louder in eastern Germany: ‘Here, we still remember what Germany owes to Russia’
Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong opposition in the former GDR to rearmament policies and support for Ukraine
Angela Merkel: ‘I am worried, we have to protect freedom’
She was Germany’s chancellor for 16 years. After leaving office in 2021, she disappeared. Now she is back with her memoirs, in which she reflects on her time in power and her life in the GDR. And she defends her legacy. EL PAÍS interviewed her in Berlin where she sends a message: ‘Freedom cannot be taken for granted’
‘I was almost a little amused.’ Schäuble’s posthumous memoirs reveal a proposal to overthrow Merkel
In a new book published this Monday, the veteran German politician reviews the CDU’s illegal financing scandal, the austerity policy during the financial crisis, and the impact of the refugee crisis in 2015
Could the United States have dropped the first atomic bomb on Nazi Germany?
An exhibition in Berlin debates what would have happened if German history had taken alternative paths and the allies had not unexpectedly captured the Remagen bridge intact, potentially extending World War II by months
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