Unpacking Germany’s election results and what they mean for Israel

Unpacking Germany’s election results and what they mean for Israel

With a new government, we can hope to limit the hate-filled pro-Hamas marches across Germany and go after the sources of incitement.

The new coalition wants to make high debts. But are the ideas that once established the debt brake wrong today? And does a lot of money also help a lot?

[Yomiuri Shimbun] [Berlin = Ayaka Kudo] Friedrich Merz, the candidate for Germany's next chancellor and leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), announced on the 14th that he had obtained the agreement of the major parties on fiscal expansion to increase defense spending. The gap between the US and Europe over European security is widening.

Germany has ditched the debt brake, but what will the consequences be?

By ditching its revered debt brake Germany has veered radically and unexpectedly off course. Brian Melican explains how it happened and what it all means for Germany and its residents.

Germany drops debt brake

Germany’s election-winning center-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union, led by Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats have reached a preliminary agreement with the Green Party on a deal to exclude defense spending from the country’s constitutional debt break and establish a dedicated $545 billion fund for infrastructure investments. The agreement also includes allocating $108.7 billion for the climate and economic transforma…

Antisemitic crimes in Berlin increased significantly in 2024 - European Jewish Congress

According to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office, the number of antisemitic crimes in Berlin has increased significantly. Last year, 756 cases were registered, up from 586 in 2023, as Florian Hengst, the Public Prosecutor General’s antisemitism commissioner, told the German Press Agency. Additionally, in 2024, there were 4,096 cases related to the Middle East conflict, many of which are suspected of having an antisemitic motive. Hengst consid…