One Continent, Under France and Germany

Looks like the EU has found an alternative to German domination of everybody else. It's French-German domination of everybody else . The grand "deal" announced earlier this week has something for both France and Germany. For the Germans, France will temporarily stop talking about eurobonds and …

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Written by Jeff Cimbalo on Wednesday December 7, 2011

Germans Learn Their Taxes Support the Far Right

The German public is in shock as details emerge of a brutal and inhuman neo-Nazi cell that has roamed the country over the past decade. Current investigations have unveiled that a trio of neo-nazis; Beate Zschäpe, Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt have killed ten people, robbed a string of banks …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Monday November 28, 2011

What's Germany Thinking?

A friend involved in the Euro crisis writes this about the most recent German actions to rescue the Euro: This is a selfless act on Germany's part actually. A reversion to the drachma would lead to a massive devaluation & hurt the competitiveness of German exports (and it's tourism sector - …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 16, 2011

It's Germany's Mess as Much as Greece's

In my column for The Week I argue that Germany bears a lot of responsibility for creating the current European debt crisis: The other day, a financial friend repeated a joke. "A Greek, an Italian, a Spaniard, and a German walk into a bar. Who pays? The German of course …" Bzzzt. Let's …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 2, 2011

The EU's Big Fat Greek Mess

Herman van Rompuy is neither a "poet lost in politics," nor “charismatic,” but rather a timid church mouse - precisely the sort of leader that a lowest common denominator institution like the EU requires. This reputation has dogged Von Rompuy ever since his contested appointment as President of the …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Friday September 30, 2011

Pirates Makes Landfall on German Political Scene

The big surprise in Berlin’s recent parliamentary elections were the results for the so-called “Pirate” party. They reeled in an impressive 8.9% at the polls on Sunday. This has stunned Berlin’s political elite and pundits. Established parties in Berlin such as the Die Linke (The Left) seem …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Tuesday September 20, 2011

Obama Moves to Heal Rift with Merkel

The White House announcement of a state dinner for Chancellor Angela Merkel comes at a low point in US-German relations. The recent White House statement announcing that Angela Merkel would receive her “Medal of Freedom” at a June 7th state dinner came as a surprise to many. The last state …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Wednesday April 6, 2011

Germany's Defense Minister Rocks Out

Last night in Berlin, Germany's recently resigned defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg received a unique hard rock farewell from the military. Last night in Berlin, the Bundeswehr conducted a stunning farewell ceremony for Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the country’s recently resigned …

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Written by Ulf Gartzke on Friday March 11, 2011

Obama Heads for Foreign Policy Disaster

Despite the domestic focus of these early months of his presidency, Barack Obama thinks of himself as a foreign policy thinker above all, according to those who know him best. His confidence is undiminished by his lack of experience and credentials, and that confidence continues to flourish despite …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday September 17, 2009

Electoral Disaster Looms for German Left

With five weeks remaining before the German general elections, all the polling data continues to shows the Social Democrats badly trailing the rival Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel. It has not been a good summer for the German Social Democratic party (SPD) and its chancellor …

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Written by John Rosenthal on Wednesday August 26, 2009

What I Saw at the Town Hall

Twenty minutes into my two-hour wait to get a seat at Senator Ben Cardin's town hall event, I started keeping a "Nazi tally" by counting references I overheard to Adolf Hitler, Germany, or the Nazi Party. The town halls are exactly what you're seeing on TV. The crowds are overwhelmingly conservativ…

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Written by Alex Knepper on Wednesday August 12, 2009