Category: Germany

‘A global political awakening’: how gen Z protests are sweeping the world

From Serbia to Bangladesh and India to France, young people are pushing back against authoritarianism and reshaping political landscapesIn Brazil, they rallied online by the millions, sharing videos and spreading memes. In...

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Five European leaders call for closer EU-UK ties ahead of Brussels summit

Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark say cooperation on clean energy will benefit both sidesFive European leaders have called for closer ties with Britain ahead of a keenly anticipated EU-UK summit.The leaders...

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‘I struggle to see myself as someone special’ Sandra Hüller on being the star of four – or, possibly, five – of the year’s biggest films

New film Fatherland took Sandra Hüller back to a divided Germany. She talks about damaged dreams, Hollywood feelgood and – just maybe – appearing in the new Marvel movieSandra Hüller is crying, and it feels very...

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‘I knew I was being followed’: Keira Knightley on her hacking nightmare – and new Stasi spy play The Lives of Others

As the Oscar-winning Stasi surveillance film hits the stage, Knightley and co-star Luke Thompson talk about the paranoia at its heart, the cost of theatre tickets nowadays – and their fury at ringtones in the stallsUnpacking...

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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong

In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakthroughWith your art...

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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel

Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer tooThe fear that a fascist, far-right movement would rise to power again in Germany has been with me since...

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