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Immagine Copertina - Marriage is for everybody

03 Ottobre 2017

Marriage is for everybody

Last Sunday, October 1, 2017, marks a special day for all homosexual couples in Germany. Germany is the 15th European country to allow same-sex marriages, a step of reaching equality after the civil union laws from 2001. On June 30, the German parliament voted for legalizing same-sex marriages, after chancellor […]

A small debate before the main event

TV debates are a popular way of showing different candidates to a broad viewership, especially before important elections. On Sunday, September 3 there will be the long awaited TV debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her contender Martin Schulz (SPD). On Wednesday, there was already a show with four […]

Immagine Copertina - Lowering the voting age is the wrong answer!

Lowering the voting age is the wrong answer!

Young people should have the right to vote. This statement can be heard quite often, since it is also the future of underage people, that is decided with an election. But should the general voting age be lowered to sixteen in important decisions or even elections? Maybe this would increase […]

Merkel successful mistakes

Her career as chancellor of Germany began in November 2005. With now twelve years in office, Angela Merkel is the longest-serving incumbent in the European Union. And chances are high, that she will be reelected for a fourth term in September. Which is quite fortunate, since Merkel was described as […]

Immagine Copertina - MERKEL UBER ALLES

MERKEL UBER ALLES

The Federal election in Germany is approaching. There are only six weeks to go in the election campaign, and the parties are trying to convince the people to vote in their favor. Candidate for chancellor by the SPD Martin Schultz is touring through Germany at the moment, while Angela Merkel […]

Immagine Copertina - Diesel summit in Germany

Diesel summit in Germany

Following the diesel scandal, there will be consequences for the car industry. As the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) announced during the diesel summit in Berlin this Wednesday, five million diesel cars in Germany will be updated with a new software, to emit less pollutants. The diesel summit […]

Two violent attacks strike Germany

In Germany there have been two attacks this weekend, one knife attack in Hamburg, and a shooting in a nightclub in Konstanz. On Friday afternoon, a man has run amok in a crowded supermarket in Hamburg. The offender, who is 26 years old and a Palestinian national with roots from […]

Diesel scandal in Germany

Germany is famous for its cars – manufacturers like Audi, Mercedes or Volkswagen are sold all over the world, and the car industry is a crucial part of Germany’s economy. In September 2015, the perfect image started to crumble with “dieselgate”, when authorities in the United States discovered, that Volkswagen […]

Germany’s fear of a new refugee crisis

In these days of July 2017, it can be seen that history repeats itself. Two years have passed, since the summer and fall of 2015, in which thousands of people from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq came to Europe to seek asylum. Today, 10.000-15.000 African refugees arrive at the coasts of […]

Entartete Kunst

On July 20, 1937, the exhibition “Entartete Kunst” was held by the Nazis in Munich, Germany. The term “Entartete Kunst”, which means degenerate art, is put into quotation marks, since it describes pieces of art by Jewish or Communist artists, which were forbidden because of an “Ungerman” character. The Center […]

Working for Integration

The number of migrants in Germany has increased tremendous since the summer of 2015. Whereas accommodating refugees and distributing them in Germany has worked out well, it is now time to help those displaced persons to find a job. Integration into the job market is the only possibility for a […]

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AUTRICI E AUTORI

Alessandra Desiderato

Andrea Patroni Griffi

Chiara Esposito

Claudio Di Maio

Cristina Gambaro

Elisabetta Stefanelli

Giovanni Capuozzo

Lorenzo Menichini

Maria Pia Di Nonno

Matilde Coluccini

Raffaele Torino

Raffaella Rizzo

Roberto Sommella

Samuele Borrini