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German chancellor Friedrich Merz pulled off a successful visit to the White House, effectively winning by not losing. But there were no real concrete takeaways and despite the good vibes, it showed how limited German hard and soft power is.  @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/merzs…

At their meeting yesterday, Donald Trump did not chastise Friedrich Merz over defence spending or free speech. Instead, he showed a fondness for his German counterpart. Chris Reiter 📯 and Will Wilkes👇 buff.ly/jNE7Afv

June 12 is freedom day in Germany. Freiheitsfonds buys people out of jail for not being able to afford bus and train tickets. It's a crime of poverty. They're locked up because of Nazi-era legislation and "liberated" postwar Germany hasn't changed it in 80 years.

Al Jazeera has published the names of every journalist killed since Oct 7th. 231 Palestinian journalists have been slaughtered in Gaza. A whole generation of reporters wiped out while many of their colleagues in the West simply shrugged.

One of the worst crimes of Russia’s war is the abduction of children. This Yale lab tracked the kids. Trump and Rubio cut the funding. You can help. Urge Rubio to reinstate the funding — and donate here. medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnood/…

Freedom Day for 110 people who were too poor to buy bus or train tickets. Meanwhile, white-collar crime in Germany like Cum-Ex keeps rolling.

Sinking land is a global risk and is being accelerated by climate change, but insurers are leaving the tab to homeowners. Some French towns are fighting back. Check out our look into a creeping climate disaster. 👇 bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Germany is drifting into a Gastarbeiter mindset again and seeing migrants as labor rather than humans. It would be a huge problem since migrants are needed for the state to fulfill its duties. Check out what Will Wilkes and I wrote for Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin 👇

Migration muss Teil der Lösung für Deutschland sein. Mein Beitrag für Surplus Magazin über die Gefahr einer Gastarbeiter 2.0-Mentalität 👇 surplusmagazin.de/gastarbeiter-2…

Guest contributions are now rolling out on my Substack. Kicking things off: an essay by Bloomberg journalists Chris Reiter Chris Reiter 📯 and Will Wilkes on why June 17 should be a national holiday in Germany. Link below

"Twenty years ago, the main problem with renewables was that they were so expensive. Now, renewables are cheap, but we need to be able to match that supply to demand. For that, battery storage is clearly one of the best tools in the box.” More in Bloomberg piece with my quotes.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ambition to build Europe’s strongest military is colliding with a silent crisis at home: the Bundeswehr can’t find young people willing to serve. That’s because for many young Germans the call to serve in uniform doesn’t feel like patriotism —

Former national security adviser to Donald Trump tells DW that the US president is a 'useful idiot' who is being manipulated by other world leaders.

We are being gaslit to worry about things like migration when the real problem is climate. It is the mother of all problems. We're not doing enough about it. In fact, we're hardly doing anything.

There's a lot of darkness today, but Germany isn't letting that get in the way of progress. The town of Wombach set a new record for the world's largest potato dumpling. The 464,8 kilo giant beat the previous record by nearly 100 kilos. Alle Achtung! radiorst.de/artikel/wombac…

The AfD's response to the US joining Israel's war against Iran is as weak as the rest of Europe's. But the German far-right party did use its statement to suck up to JD Vance. So there's that.