Germany

Ruining the Planet: Not only are the German Far Right Scary Racists, they’re Climate Denialists to Boot

Right-wing parties poised to bring climate scepticism to European parliament, with Germany’s AfD leading the way

Trump and Don Jr. Wage Scathing War of Words on . . . Conservatives of Britain and Germany?

Chancellor Angela Merkel sid Germany would “continue our effort” to raise defense spending “but not at the expense of development aid.”

Donald Trump

Leader of Free World Angela Merkel Rips Bark off Trump for humiliating German Auto Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a major speech on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed anxiety that the world’s ‘security architecture’ is unraveling. “What we see as an overall architecture underpinning our world as we know it is a bit of a puzzle now; if you like, it has […]

Coal

Germany to End its Coal Industry, Go Green, within 20 Years

Clean Energy Wire

( Clean Energy Wire) – Energy transition home country Germany eyes a phase-out of coal power by 2038 at the very latest, as the country tries to get back on track to create a climate-friendly economy. In its highly anticipated phase-out proposal, the country’s coal commission said the world’s fourth largest economy could also wean […]

Displaced and Refugees

The Surprising Successes of Community Work with Muslim Refugees in Germany

Frances Trix

I studied the most positive refugee settlement programs inside Germany

Germany

Germany: MSM won’t Tell you White Nationalist Drove into Muslim Refugees

TeleSur

Police said the attack was premeditated and that one of the victims is still in hospital receiving treatment

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Germany’s Electricity 38% Renewable in 2018, more than Coal for 1st Time

Juan Cole

Meanwhile, carbon dioxide emissions fell 6% in the world’s 4th-largest economy.

Far Right

The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right ‘Alternative for Germany’ Party

Open Democracy

The AfD wants to use Israel to exploit the false notion that whoever is pro-Israel could not be antisemitic

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Germany halts arms Sales to Riyadh, as Investors sell $1 bn in Saudi Stocks

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Germany would put arms sales to Saudi Arabia on hold in light of the murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. She said that they “could not take place in our current circumstances.” Meanwhile, foreign investors sold […]