Tag: Germany

Coronavirus: China’s Global Intimidation Campaign
By April 28, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: China’s Global Intimidation Campaign

Chinese diplomats around the world are waging an aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative about the origins of the coronavirus.

Posted in: Coronavirus, Europe
Coronavirus: Germany Whips Up Anti-Americanism
By March 19, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: Germany Whips Up Anti-Americanism

The German government has promoted a fake news story asserting that the United States is trying to gain exclusive access to a coronavirus vaccine being developed by a German biotech firm.

Posted in: Coronavirus
German Court Rejects Attempt to Enshrine Sharia Law
By February 29, 2020 Read More →

German Court Rejects Attempt to Enshrine Sharia Law

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms of Muslims can be curtailed if public displays of religiosity endanger the ideological and religious neutrality of the state.

Posted in: Germany
What’s Next for the Iran Nuclear Deal?
By January 20, 2020 Read More →

What’s Next for the Iran Nuclear Deal?

Britain, France and Germany, the three European signatories of the Iran nuclear deal, have activated the agreement’s dispute mechanism in an effort to force Tehran into compliance with its commitment to curb its nuclear program.

Germany Puts Its Head in Russia’s Energy Pipeline Noose
By December 30, 2019 Read More →

Germany Puts Its Head in Russia’s Energy Pipeline Noose

U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her refusal to increase defense spending while at the same time supporting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will funnel billions of dollars to Russia.

Posted in: Europe, Geopolitics
German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade – Part II
By December 26, 2019 Read More →

German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade – Part II

The resolution allows Hezbollah’s 30-plus German-based mosques and cultural centers — where the group raises funds and spreads anti-Israel propaganda — to continue to operate. Moreover, not one of the 1,050 known Hezbollah operatives now in Germany would be deported.

Posted in: Europe
German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade – Part I
By December 22, 2019 Read More →

German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade – Part I

The resolution falls short of a complete ban on Hezbollah and appears aimed at providing the German government with political cover that would allow Germany to claim that it has banned the group even if it has not.

Posted in: Europe
Germany: All EU Members Must Take in Migrants
By December 5, 2019 Read More →

Germany: All EU Members Must Take in Migrants

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has unveiled a new plan to reform the European asylum system. A leaked draft of the proposal shows that all member states of the EU would be required to take in illegal migrants.

Posted in: Europe
Islamic State Alive and Well in Europe
By December 2, 2019 Read More →

Islamic State Alive and Well in Europe

The Islamic State may have been “defeated” in the Middle East, it remains a potent danger to Europe.

Posted in: Europe
Germany: “We Expect Imams from Abroad to Speak German”
By November 11, 2019 Read More →

Germany: “We Expect Imams from Abroad to Speak German”

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Does Angela Merkel Deserve a Prize for Zionism?
By October 19, 2019 Read More →

Does Angela Merkel Deserve a Prize for Zionism?

A decision by the World Jewish Congress to honor German Chancellor Angela Merkel with its prestigious Theodor Herzl Award for Zionism has sparked anger and bewilderment among Jewish leaders in the United States and Europe.

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Germany’s Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Foreign Policy
By August 11, 2019 Read More →

Germany’s Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Foreign Policy

A senior German diplomat appointed to head an EU barter system that would enable European companies to sidestep U.S. sanctions on Iran stepped down after giving an interview in which he criticized the existence of Israel and praised Tehran’s ballistic missile program.

Posted in: Europe