A Weak German Coalition?

This post was originally published on here German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius torpedoed his own bill to reintroduce conscription yesterday. Pistorius wanted to shift gently toward conscription, having all men, and any women who wanted, fill in a questionnaire assessing their fitness for military service. It was supposed to nudge young Germans toward signing up.…

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‘A Strong Hand for the Benefit of All’

This post was originally published on here One out of every seven respondents in a new survey of 2,000 Germans wants a strong, dictatorial leader. The study by Bielefeld University and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, published yesterday, found: 15 percent completely or mostly agree with the statement: “We should have a leader who rules Germany…

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