Archive
All published analyses — in chronological order.
trueGermany’s AfD is 7 percentage points ahead of the CDU/CSU alliance.
Aug 07, 2026
mostly trueAuthorities reportedly foiled a plot to assassinate the head of a German drone manufacturer.
Aug 07, 2026
trueSPD lead candidate Armin Willingmann says: “A stable government in Saxony-Anhalt is possible only with the SPD.”
Aug 06, 2026
trueGermany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a suspected drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Aug 06, 2026
mostly trueCDU state premiers Kretschmer, Schulze, and Voigt contradict their earlier positions on pension policy.
Aug 06, 2026
predictionUkraine’s agriculture minister warns that, in the worst case, the next harvest could fail.
Aug 06, 2026
opinion pieceDer Spiegel writes: “The interior minister is keeping an unusually low profile.”
Aug 06, 2026
trueDrone expert Robert Geise says Germany has been slow to address the drone threat.
Aug 06, 2026
trueThe Greens criticize the Austrian government for delaying the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
Aug 06, 2026
trueFrustration with Merz has reached the CDU’s rank and file.
Aug 06, 2026
mostly trueEast German state leaders take a page from Markus Söder’s playbook in the pension debate over 45 years of contributions.
Aug 06, 2026
trueTrump attacks Senate candidate; Haitians lose their protected status.
Aug 06, 2026
trueGerman manufacturing orders rose by a stronger-than-expected 3.1% in June.
Aug 06, 2026
trueFocus readers criticize Klingbeil’s crypto tax plans as an attack on private retirement savings.
Aug 06, 2026
trueGermany’s Green parliamentary group calls for a National Security Council meeting after the Leipzig/Halle drone incident.
Aug 06, 2026
opinion pieceA Focus opinion writer interprets a DL21 policy paper as a proposal to merge the SPD with Die Linke.
Aug 06, 2026
trueA growing number of German politicians are calling for the country’s first female federal president.
Aug 06, 2026
mostly trueDeutsche Welle concludes that Germany’s Integration Act has produced both benefits and drawbacks.
Aug 06, 2026
mostly trueThe German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes: “Defense company CSG is investing €100 million in Saxony.”
Aug 06, 2026
mostly trueThe German magazine Stern writes: “The AfD government program is not financially feasible.”
Aug 06, 2026
trueClemens Fuest, president of Germany’s ifo Institute, wants to abolish the reduced VAT rate.
Aug 06, 2026
trueThe national co-chair of Germany’s Left party makes expropriation plans a condition for joining Berlin’s governing coalition.
Aug 06, 2026
trueFrei wants the pension package passed in the fall despite political pushback.
Aug 06, 2026
trueThorsten Frei calls on Labor Minister Bärbel Bas to quickly present draft pension legislation.
Aug 06, 2026