After all, he lambasted Merkel’s government as a “captive” of Russia because of its growing dependency on Putin’s energy system. . While (West) Germany remained largely on the side of the U.S. during the Cold War against Soviet Russia, the Nord Stream 2 Project has been a dangerous..…

He had been tipped off by a senior figure in the security services that he was on a list of potential fifth columnists who, with war just days away, the government planned to intern. . Within weeks, the sound of Joyce, transmitted from Germany in nightly propaganda broadcasts, would become..…

Officially, at least, Poland was an ally of France, so it could be expected to join a defensive alliance against Nazi Germany, but, the government in Warsaw was hostile towards the Soviet Union, a neighbour that was considered as much a menace as Nazi Germany. ... An auxiliary..…

During the decade of the 80s, the sister-city relationships were set up against the political will of the then-government of West Germany, made up of the conservative and liberal parties of CDU, CSU and FDP. ..…

This disposition bans Germany’s states from running deficits and limits the federal government’s deficit to 0.35% of GDP. ... The German government did decide to lower taxes by € 10 B, or 0.3% of GDP, but this will only take effect in 2021. . ..…