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Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany in Brussels in May. His promise of action has faded into months of delay. John Thys/Agence France-Presse, via Getty Images

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In a time of war, every day counts.

When Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Germany seemed to grasp that straight away. Within days, Parliament agreed on sanctions against Russia and promised the delivery of weapons to Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke of a “Zeitenwende”, a watershed marking the period before and after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. It was necessary, he said in a passionate address, to set limits to “warmongers like Putin”. Gone was the taboo about supplying weapons to war zones, so too the country’s characteristic caution. In a blink of an eye, Germany appeared to have changed forever.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Germany is a peculiar country when it comes to good news about itself, too self-conscious and self-serious to accept anyone’s attempt to see it in a positive light. Every time a foreign newspaper writes about a German scientific achievement or the river surfers of Munich or the hipsters of Berlin, you can hear a low, collective moan: “We’re not cool,” it says. “We’re tragic!”

For years, the fear has been that anyone who tries to move beyond the country’s dark past is opening the door to a resurgence of far-right nationalism. But there are younger generations now, people who are fed up with German angst and pessimism and in utter need of 21st-century political leadership and debate.…  Seguir leyendo »

Supporters of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, watching the results in the German federal elections last year in Berlin, Germany.Credit Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Last week President Trump tweeted that German voters were beginning to rebel against Chancellor Angela Merkel over her refugee policy. “The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin coalition,” he wrote. Days later, he tweeted again, asserting — wrongly — that crime in our country was up because of the hundreds of thousands of refugees Germany has admitted over the last few years.

Both of these comments are demonstrably, laughably wrong. And more than that: Mr. Trump’s efforts to insert himself into German politics is having the opposite effect, driving together the parties that make up Ms.…  Seguir leyendo »