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Helen Whittle

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Germany moves to suspend refugees' family reunification

The new German government has agreed to stop family members of refugees with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The controversial...

29.05.2025 20

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Helen Whittle

Germany plans to suspend family reunification

The new German government has agreed to stop family members of refugees with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The controversial...

17.05.2025 30

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Helen Whittle

Germany struggles to fix its pension system

Germany's aging population is putting the country's pension system under strain. The new Labor Minister Bärbel Bas has ruffled feathers with a...

13.05.2025 40

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Germany: New Merz cabinet raises concerns over lobbying

No sooner had Friedrich Merz announced new government positions than accusations of "lobbyism" began to fly. How is lobbying regulated in...

12.05.2025 50

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Housing crisis: Germany plans 'turbo' construction boost

Germany's incoming coalition government has announced plans to boost housing construction to help ease the desperate shortage of affordable homes....

15.04.2025 20

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Housing crisis: Germany plans 'turbo' construction boost

The incoming government has announced plans to boost housing construction to help ease the desperate shortage of affordable homes. That's good news...

14.04.2025 40

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Fear of war: How Germany needs to step up preparedness

Germany is planning to pump billions into defense spending, but the need to better prepare goes well beyond the Bundeswehr. The likely chancellor...

17.03.2025 30

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Trauma: How child abuse victims deal with parenthood

What does it mean for survivors of child sexual abuse to become parents and take on the responsibility of raising children themselves? That is the...

06.03.2025 10

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In Germany, 10 million people excluded from upcoming vote

Germany's federal election campaign is in full swing, but millions of non-German citizens who live and work in the country will not be able to cast...

26.01.2025 30

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How will social media shape Germany's election campaign?

After Donald Trump's US election win and with an early federal election slated to take place in Germany on February 23, questions are being asked...

17.11.2024 10

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Germany passes controversial antisemitism resolution

The German lower house of parliament has passed a highly controversial resolution to combat antisemitism — despite opposition from legal experts,...

07.11.2024 5

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Germany votes on controversial antisemitism resolution

The German government aims to make state funding for culture and science depend on adhering to a controversial antisemitism definition. Many legal...

07.11.2024 3

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Why COVID still splits German society

Masks, lockdowns and social distancing: Rarely has government policy polarized society as it did during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts and...

19.10.2024 4

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German government plans to reform adoption law

The Justice Ministry has published a draft bill detailing reforms to adoption in Germany. According to the plans, unmarried couples will be able to...

10.10.2024 10

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Germany: Young women and girls more at risk of homelessness

Homelessness also affects young people, including an unusually high proportion of women and girls. Life with no home of their own is particularly...

12.09.2024 3

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Berlin plans new mass accommodation for refugees

Immigration has become a hot-button issue in Germany. Refugee accommodation centers in Berlin are full to overflowing, but there's desperate lack...

09.09.2024 5

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