Germany
Government Is the Cause of—Not the Solution to—Online Censorship
As people worry about the net neutrality vote, public officials threaten our rights to free speech.
Legal Gay Marriages Begin in Germany; Australia Gets Mired in a Messy Referendum
A tale of two parliaments
Deciphering Germany's Election Results
Angela Merkel will likely have to form a coalition with a free-market party and an environmentalist one.
Weak Merkel Victory Leaves Policy Questions Up in the Air
Germany's chancellor has a lot of negotiating ahead of her.
Germany Raids, Shuts Down Far Left Website. Will You Stop Praising European Censorship Now?
This is about punishing people the government says are disruptive, not fighting bigotry.
Supporting Laws Banning Hate Speech Means Supporting Police Raids on People's Homes
Germany violently enforces the law by busting into dozens of households to prevent a "climate of fear".
Trump's Wrong on Trade With Germany and a Liability to the Anti-NATO Argument
Both Trump and his mainstream critics are wrong about NATO.
Europeans Taking Their Fate in Their Own Hands? Quelle Catastrophe!
Donald Trump blunders his way into a healthy trans-Atlantic development.
Germany Willing to Fine U.S. Companies to Censor What People Say Online
Facebook may be forced to evaluate whether content complies with laws; huge costs if they get it wrong.
Trump's Purported 300 Billion Euro NATO 'Bill' to Germany a Horrible Sign for Reform
White House denies the report but Trump's position that Germany "owes" the U.S. and the proposed massive increase in military spending don't bode well either.
The Coming German Energy Crisis
An overcommitment to renewables has already had negative consequences.
Turkey President Erdogan: 'Nazism is Alive in the West' Because Netherlands, Germany Not Allowing Pro-Erdogan Rallies
Protesters clash with police in the Netherlands as Geert Wilders takes advantage ahead of Dutch elections this week.
Refugee Rape Mobs on New Year's Eve Were a Hoax, Say German Police
Reports of mass New Year's Eve sexual-assaults by refugees in Frankfurt, Germany, are "completely baseless."
If These Walls Could Sprechen
The story of a small German cottage built by Jews, seized by Nazis, gifted to a Stasi informant, and taken over by punk rockers
Munich Police Give 'All Clear' After Mass Shooting; 9 Killed, Gunman Commits Suicide; Police Say May Have Acted Alone
Follows ax attack earlier this week
Calling a Politician, Any Politician, a "GoatF**ker" Is Free Speech
Turkish President Erdo?an Seeks to Get German Government to Shut Up His Critics
German "Neo-Nazi" Politician Rescued By Syrian Refugees
Asylum-seekers performed first aid on man who recently wrote "integration is genocide."
German Nanny State Wants to Shut Down Food Donation Service
Hygiene violations like "torn packaging" could end Berlin's food-sharing fridges.
You Know Who Else Would Have Crushed Uber?
Salon praises the Germans' salutary fealty to rules, since it helped get rid of Uber.
Germany's 500-Year-Old Beer Purity Law Needs to Go
A new study shows Germany's Reinheitsgebot is turning off younger drinkers and driving them to non-German beers.
Friday A/V Club: An Early George Lucas Film About a Man Escaping East Germany
The 1966 short Freiheit
What Bernie Sanders Doesn't Understand About Germany's Free College
Why does America have higher attendance and graduation rates?
The Worst May Be Over for Greece, But It's Just Beginning for the Greek P.M.
Alexis Tsipras went all in and lost.
Lenders to Greece: Show Us You Mean It
Tsipras needs to actually pass legislation, not just propose reforms.
WATCH: How Germany Forgot the Horrors of Communism
25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany is seen as a quirk of history, not a monstrous police state.
Battle Brewing Over Dutch Drones Scheduled to Drop Abortion Drugs in Poland
The "abortion drones" are scheduled to launch from Germany this Friday and deliver prohibited pills to Poland, where abortion remains mostly illegal.
