Tanit Koch
13 December 2023
Germansplaining: We are failing our children
The way the country is neglecting the younger generations amounts to criminal negligence
Read the full article06 December 2023
Germansplaining: Henry Kissinger’s Germanic legacy
For Germans, Kissinger's is a story of forgiveness
Read the full article22 November 2023
Germansplaining: Germany’s budget bother
Breaking with their stereotype, the country’s fiscal responsibility has gone awry
Read the full article15 November 2023
Germansplaining: Time to celebrate St Martin
To my delight, this Germanic tradition lives on across Europe
Read the full article08 November 2023
Germansplaining: Our relationship with poppies
Remembrance feels more important than ever this year
Read the full article01 November 2023
Germansplaining: Sahra Wagenknecht is digging The Left’s grave
The post-GDR party she used to co-chair is on the brink of extinction, and Wagenknecht is gearing up to push her former comrades off a cliff
Read the full article18 October 2023
Germansplaining: The “both sides” rhetoric needs to stop
Hamas has made it brutally simple to pick a side – the challenge for our society is seeing it through
Read the full article11 October 2023
Germansplaining: Germany’s lurch to the right
Too many Germans see support for AfD as an eastern phenomenon but the party’s vote share is growing in the west
Read the full article04 October 2023
Germansplaining: The Italians, the refugee crisis, and us
Rising tensions over the Mediterranean migrant crisis threaten to sour the special relationship between Germany and Italy
Read the full article27 September 2023
Germansplaining: Germany’s refugee crisis
Local authorities work relentlessly to organise housing, care and schooling. But they are exhausted and so is the system
Read the full article20 September 2023
Germansplaining: Harry is a national hit in Germany
Thanks to his Invictus Games, traumatised German soldiers have been brought, rightly, into the limelight
Read the full article13 September 2023
Germansplaining: What happened to impartial journalism?
With trust levels down, it’s time for the German media to win people back
Read the full article06 September 2023
Germansplaining: Hubert Aiwanger’s youthful indiscretions are no laughing matter
Public opinion is divided over an antisemitic leaflet, which Aiwanger denies authorship of, that emerged from the Bavaria premier’s teenage years
Read the full article30 August 2023
Germansplaining: Beware the ‘Nazi raccoons’
Germany’s somewhat comical migration issue has captured the attention of Europe’s media
Read the full article23 August 2023
Germansplaining: Work, holidays and the myth of Teutonic efficiency
The stereotype of hard-working Germans doesn’t hold up under scrutiny – no other country in Europe offers more paid time off
Read the full article16 August 2023
Germansplaining: School sport
This autumn – after years of political debate – reforms will start to be implemented to make German kids move more
Read the full article02 August 2023
Germansplaining: Finding beauty in Quedlinburg
Next year, the quaint town in Saxony-Anhalt will celebrate 30 years of world heritage status. Once you visit, it’s easy to see why
Read the full article26 July 2023
Germansplaining: Berlin’s Lioness made me miss the silly season
I yearn for the days when the news took a proper summer break and non-news would entertain us
Read the full article19 July 2023
Germansplaining: There’s trouble at the lido
Germany needs to make its pools safer. In the meantime, where’s David Hasselhoff when you need him?
Read the full article12 July 2023
Germansplaining: It’s time to visit Bayreuth
The longest-running German music festival is a treat for all Wagner fans. Tickets, however, can be hard to come by
Read the full article05 July 2023
Germansplaining: Germany is normalising the far right
The AfD’s recent electoral victory is set to cause chaos in the country
Read the full article21 June 2023
Germansplaining: The rise of the far-right AfD
Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland party could be on the verge of securing an unprecedented governing post in the Sonneberg district
Read the full article14 June 2023
Germansplaining: Till Lindemann, the bad boy of German shock rock
The lead singer of legendary rock band Rammstein faces accusations of grooming young fans for his pleasure
Read the full article07 June 2023
Germansplaining: A different sort of driving lesson
This week, I swapped motorways for the Rhine. If the EU's plans for licenses materialise, maybe the change will be permanent
Read the full article24 May 2023
Germansplaining: How the Greens have gone from pumped to dumped
Germany's Green Party is facing a public backlash as their policies struggle to gain support and voters ditch them in their droves
Read the full article17 May 2023
Germansplaining: The Benin Bronzes
Germany has returned 1,117 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but who really owns them?
Read the full article10 May 2023
Germansplaining: Our Turkish expats
Expat Turks have had the chance to remove Erdoğan and restore democracy in the process. Will they have seized this chance?
Read the full article03 May 2023
Germansplaining: The everlasting differences between East and West
In Germany today, a lot of stereotypes between the East and the West remain. This is far from healthy
Read the full article26 April 2023
Germansplaining: A family affair
Don’t expect a kitchen photo-op from Olaf Scholz and his wife, Britta Ernst, any time soon
Read the full article19 April 2023
Germansplaining: Getting Nuxit done
Germany has shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants, despite concerns over volatile power grids and rising energy costs
Read the full article13 April 2023
Germansplaining: A royal visit fit for a King
Charles III dazzles in his first official trip to Germany, impressing with his language skills and sense of humour
Read the full article30 March 2023
Germansplaining: Efficiency and recycling
Germans are renowned for their efficiency – but when it comes to recycling, we need to separate the fact from the fiction
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