The end of social democracy
Germany’s SPD, once a pillar of the labour movement, is losing support. Workers are drifting to the AfD, younger voters to the Gre…
Battle over Hormuz: Europe wants the benefits, not the burden
European NATO states are unwilling to take part in securing the Strait of Hormuz. Yet they depend more heavily on the trade route …
Paul R. Ehrlich – architect of demographic doom
Paul Ehrlich, the influential and controversial population theorist, has died at 93. His fears of an overpopulated world led gover…
Antisemitism is (again) a part of Germany
For years it was the ultimate taboo in Germany but mass migration from the Islamic world and the far-left mean that hostility and …
CDU – a party trapped in its own strategy
The CDU still presents itself as Germany’s natural party of government. Yet at its gathering in Stuttgart it revealed how narrow i…
The German climate dictatorship
When Germans act, they do so thoroughly. At present, they have committed themselves to a hysterical environmental policy without a…
Children against children – violence and sexual assaults in nurseries quadruple
Violence and sexual assaults are rising not only among young people, but also among children in nurseries. Politicians point to ex…
Germany, the ideal scapegoat
When Marco Rubio calls in Munich for the defence of Western culture, Germans in particular would do well to listen. Nowhere is the…
German lessons for the whole world
The USA: fascist. China: terrible! And Poland is pursuing the wrong energy policy. For German politicians, foreign policy means de…
When being wrong makes more sense than being right
Saxo Bank's shocking forecasts are not forecasts, but an exercise in countering investors' tunnel vision.