Tag: Germany

Biden Administration “Surrenders” to Germany on Russian Gas Pipeline
By August 4, 2021 Read More →

Biden Administration “Surrenders” to Germany on Russian Gas Pipeline

The Biden administration has reached an agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that allows for the completion of a controversial natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.

Posted in: Energy, Geopolitics
EU’s Top Court: Employers May Ban Islamic Headscarves
By July 21, 2021 Read More →

EU’s Top Court: Employers May Ban Islamic Headscarves

The Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU’s highest court, has ruled that private sector employers within the 27-member bloc are legally entitled to prohibit their employees from wearing Islamic headscarves at the workplace.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Germany’s Ban of the Hamas Flag: “A Superficial Measure”
By July 1, 2021 Read More →

Germany’s Ban of the Hamas Flag: “A Superficial Measure”

The German Parliament has amended Germany’s Criminal Code to ban the flag of Hamas, the terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Germany’s Largest Right-Wing Extremist Group is Turkish not German
By June 21, 2021 Read More →

Germany’s Largest Right-Wing Extremist Group is Turkish not German

The Turkish neo-fascist movement “Ülkücü” (Turkish for Idealism) — popularly known as Grey Wolves — now has at least 11,000 active members in Germany.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Germany’s Failed Hezbollah Ban
By June 16, 2021 Read More →

Germany’s Failed Hezbollah Ban

One year after Germany banned Hezbollah from operating on its soil, the Iran-backed, Lebanon-based Shiite terrorist group’s presence in Germany is stronger than ever.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Germany: New Strategy to Combat ‘Political Islamism’
By May 27, 2021 Read More →

Germany: New Strategy to Combat ‘Political Islamism’

The largest parliamentary group in the German Bundestag has approved a wide-ranging strategy to contain the spread of political Islam in Germany.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Europe: Anti-Israel Protests Descend into Anti-Semitism
By May 20, 2021 Read More →

Europe: Anti-Israel Protests Descend into Anti-Semitism

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in cities across Europe descended into unrestrained orgies of anti-Semitism after protesters opposed to Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip called for the destruction of Israel and death to Jews.

Germany: Covid-19 Triggers New Wave of Anti-Semitism
By February 24, 2021 Read More →

Germany: Covid-19 Triggers New Wave of Anti-Semitism

The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes in Germany surged to a two-decade high in 2020. The anti-Semitism is being fueled by far-left anti-Israel activists, by mass migration from the Muslim world and by far-right conspiracy theorists, who are blaming the Coronavirus pandemic on both Jews and Israel.

Posted in: Coronavirus, Europe
Germany: Meet Angela Merkel’s Second Successor
By January 27, 2021 Read More →

Germany: Meet Angela Merkel’s Second Successor

Armin Laschet, premier of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, has been chosen as the new leader of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is now in a position to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor after general elections this September.

Posted in: Europe, Germany
Germany’s “Shameful” Two Years on the UN Security Council
By January 1, 2021 Read More →

Germany’s “Shameful” Two Years on the UN Security Council

During its two-year stint on the UN Security Council, Germany voted for dozens of resolutions — many of which smack of anti-Semitism — that singled out Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.

Posted in: Europe, Germany
U.S. “Driving Stake Through Heart” of German-Russian Pipeline
By December 28, 2020 Read More →

U.S. “Driving Stake Through Heart” of German-Russian Pipeline

The United States is ratcheting up the threat of sanctions against European companies in an effort to deal a death blow to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.

Posted in: Energy, Geopolitics
Europe Confronts Second Wave of Coronavirus
By December 16, 2020 Read More →

Europe Confronts Second Wave of Coronavirus

Economists are warning that the second coronavirus lockdown has increased the risk of another recession in Europe’s largest economy.

Posted in: Coronavirus, Europe