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Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 September 2021 Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 14 September 2021 In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate Correspondents Klaus Neumann 31 August 2021 Our correspondent is not impressed by the choices on offer for September’s German election From the archive Klaus Neumann 7 May 2021 The centenary of the birth of Sophie Scholl, the Munich student executed in 1943, prompts reflections on the legacy of Germany’s anti-Nazi resistance Correspondents Klaus Neumann 20 April 2021 A Jew in Nazi Germany, a communist in Robert Menzies’s Australia, an Australian in East Germany — the remarkable life of Walter Kaufmann
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 13 April 2021 Our correspondent detects parallels between the fortunes of German football and the travails of the Merkel government
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 March 2021 What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism Correspondents Klaus Neumann 15 December 2020 A sharp rise in Covid-19 cases shows how a small minority is exercising outsized influence in Germany Correspondents Klaus Neumann 18 November 2020 Black Lives Matter, a princess from Zanzibar and Germany’s “memorial hygiene” Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 May 2020 Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 19 February 2020 An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 4 February 2020 Europeans have been watching Australia’s bushfires and climate change policies with growing dismay Correspondents Klaus Neumann 2 September 2019 A closely watched election campaign unfolds in an East German state Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 July 2019 Has Italy’s far-right interior minister met his match in this young woman with an astonishing impact? Correspondents Klaus Neumann 16 April 2019 A decade ago, that distinctive national mood seemed to have died out. And then came the rise of far-right populism
Correspondents Tom Bamforth 14 November 2018 A visit to a refugee camp in a conservative district of Berlin reveals successful efforts to understand and accommodate
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 August 2018 Why did Mesut Özil, one of the most talented footballers of his generation, decide to quit playing for his home country? Books & Arts Glenn Nicholls 7 April 2018 Books | A remarkable novel by a one-time internee in Australia has attracted critical acclaim in Germany International Paul ’t Hart 12 March 2018 Even in modern Germany, government maladministration can have tragic effects International Klaus Neumann 22 December 2017 As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead
Essays & Reportage Mathew Turner 14 November 2017 Controversy has erupted in Germany over the attitudes of key researchers at the Institute for Contemporary History in the 1950s. But does the evidence support the critics’ case?
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 September 2017 A sedate contest between the major parties contrasts with the passion evoked on the far right International Klaus Neumann 25 July 2017 The debate of 2015 is being revived by a candidate for chancellor in September’s election Books & Arts Jane Goodall 1 March 2017 Television | Two very different political cultures, and some intriguing similarities, are the backdrops to Deutschland 83 and Billions International Klaus Neumann 12 September 2016 The events of late summer 2015 revealed faultlines in German society that won’t quickly resolve themselves, writes Klaus Neumann. Meanwhile, Angela Merkel’s…
National Affairs Klaus Neumann 29 July 2016 The leaders of Australia and Germany responded differently to recent terrorist attacks. Klaus Neumann looks at why
Books & Arts Andrew Ford 5 July 2016 Music | How do we reconcile an artist’s views with her work, asks Andrew Ford International Klaus Neumann 21 March 2016 The agreement hammered out in Brussels on Friday creates fresh uncertainty and renewed danger for refugees, writes Klaus Neumann International Klaus Neumann 9 March 2016 Despite state elections this weekend, the German chancellor is sticking to her pledge to run a “rational” refugee policy, writes Klaus Neumann. Meanwhile,… Correspondents Klaus Neumann 29 October 2015 In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis, Klaus Neumann reports from the German–Austrian border