No Young Pioneer’s badge
Angie Pohlers was born in eastern Germany the year the Wall came down. How has she experienced the growing together of East and West?
Germany and Europe
Diplomacy, Foreign and Security Policy and the European Union.
Stayed here
The writer María Cecilia Barbetta has found her second home in Germany. Here she tells how it happened.
Myths and realities
Manfred Güllner, the well-known opinion researcher, explains how the “electoral successes” of the right-wing populist AfD should really be assessed.
Africa
30 years after the Berlin Wall: An African perspective
How do Germans feel about the fall of the Berlin wall today?
Germany without the Wall
Taking stock: many things have normalised in the last 30 years, but differences still remain.
Populists in search of votes
Populists are also making their voices heard in Germany. How do they operate and what do they mean for democracy? A political scientist provides answers.
How the EU is organized
The most important European institutions and their tasks – an overview.
A fresh spirit at the ECB
Christine Lagarde becomes President of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Maybe a stroke of luck, as she has key qualities.
Ready for the highest post in Europe
Ursula von der Leyen becomes president of the European Commission and the most powerful woman in Europe. Who is she? Where does she come from? What’s her way of thinking? Her biographer tells us.
Day of shame and disgrace
One day after the attack on a synagogue in Halle, Federal President Steinmeier spoke of a "day of shame and disgrace". He called for the fight against right-wing extremism and racial hatred.
Europe
Growing together
Stefan was born two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Although he grew up in united Germany, he can still see traces of the old division today.
