Douglas Murray has been blacklisted in Berlin – as a British writer living in Berlin, I recently attempted something that now passes for quietly provocative: I tried to buy a book. Not just any book, but On Democracies and Death Cults, the latest from Douglas Murray.
Or use your knife. It’s either you or him. “Free” health care in Germany is expensive. It could cost you your life.
Germany: Berlin doctor charged with 15 counts of murder – Berlin prosecutors have filed charges against a palliative care physician on suspicion of multiple murders in overdosing his patients. The suspect allegedly set fire to some victims’ apartments to cover up his crimes.
Man fined after hugging German Chancellor Olaf Scholz – A court in Frankfurt handed a hefty fine to a disoriented driver who hugged Chancellor Olaf Scholz on an airport runway. The individual said he had been partying for two days before mistakenly joining a motorcade.
Trump will ‘buckle under pressure’ if Europe bands together over tariffs, German economy minister says – U.S. President Donald Trump will “buckle under pressure” and alter his tariff policies if Europe bands together, acting German economy minister Robert Habeck said Thursday.
“That is what I see, that Donald Trump will buckle under pressure, that he corrects his announcements under pressure, but the logical consequence is that he then also needs to feel the pressure,” he said during a press conference.
Germany urges EU unity after Trump unveils sweeping tariffs – The EU’s Ursula von der Leyen has warned that the bloc is prepared to respond to new US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. Germany also criticized Trump’s trade measures. DW has more.
Germany leads defiance of Trump car tariffs, saying it ‘will not give in’ – President Donald Trump targets imported cars and car parts with a 25% tax in his latest tariffs.
Other major world economies have vowed to retaliate, with France’s president branding the move “a waste of time” and “incoherent”, Canada calling it a “direct attack”, and China accusing Washington of violating international trade rules.
Who would want anything to do with the European Parliament industrial complex if could be avoided?
Off the rails: Night train from Berlin to Brussels will stop running at the end of March – Passengers can still travel between Berlin and Brussels on an overnight train using the European Sleeper.
European Sleeper is also a much more appropriate name, I find.
Trump cabinet members tear into ‘pathetic’ European allies for ‘free-loading’ in leaked messages – The messages have come to light in an extraordinary security breach after a journalist was added to a high-level messaging group by mistake.
Key members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have ripped into European allies, branding them “free-loading” and “pathetic” in extraordinary leaked messages.
The messages have come to light after The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a private Signal messaging group by mistake, by Trump’s national security adviser Michael Waltz.
Germany is not back. And it won’t be coming back until its politicians respect the will of the German electorate. This is not the government Germans voted for.
Germany is back, says Merz after historic spending deal – Germany’s conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, has clinched an enormous financial package to revamp defence and infrastructure, ahead of a crunch vote in parliament next Tuesday.
Merz, who aims to lead a government with the Social Democrats in the coming weeks, is in a rush to push through a big boost in spending on defence and creaking infrastructure…
“This is nothing less than a financial coup.”
PS: And who says they have the votes to push this through next Tuesday?