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Henning Hoff

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Executive editor INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY @IPQuarterly /Editor-at-Large @Int_Politik, publ. by @dgapev Co-founder WELTKIOSK @weltkiosk lapsed Londoner

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  • 2 weeks ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

    In the minds of those in the United Kingdom who supported leaving the European Union, “British fish” always meant more than just the ever-dwindling shoals of cod or haddock passing through the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.

  • 1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

    With Friedrich Merz, it seems, Germany is entering new, uncharted territory. The 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) only become German chancellor on his second attempt. And he has form. It already took three rounds of voting for him to be elected leader of the CDU back in 2021. The adage by Irish absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett—“fail again, fail better”—comes to mind.

  • 1 month ago | table.media | Henning Hoff

    Auch im Vereinigten Königreich sollen die Verteidigungsausgaben massiv steigen. Bei der Finanzierung schaut London in Richtung EU. In Sachen erhöhter Verteidigungsausgaben gehört das Vereinigte Königreich zu den Trendsettern: Nach einigem Zögern kündigte der seit Juli 2024 amtierende Labour-Premierminister Keir Starmer diesen Februar eine Steigerung der Ausgaben von aktuell 2,3 auf 2,5 Prozent des Bruttoinlandprodukts ab dem Finanzjahr 2027/28 an.

  • 2 months ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

    “The Greens are to blame!” At some point in 2024, when the popular frustration with outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ permanently bickering governing coalition of center-left Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) was at a high, it became fashionable to fault the Green Party for all that was wrong with Germany and the world at large.

  • 2 months ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

    2025 sees the 50th anniversary of the establishment of relations between China and the European Union. There’s not much of a festive mood in Brussels or Beijing, however. Suggestions that Chinese President Xi Jinping may pay a visit to the de facto EU capital for this year’s EU-China summit to mark the occasion have been rebuffed by the Chinese government. Xi will be sending Premier Li Qiang instead, while a date still needs to be fixed for the summit. In 2024, it didn’t take place at all.

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Henning Hoff
Henning Hoff @HoffHenning
3 May 25

RT @GermanyDiplo: @SecRubio This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constit…

Henning Hoff
Henning Hoff @HoffHenning
3 May 25

How ignorant of German politics and German history can one be? @SecRubio is disgracing his office.

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Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD—which took second in the recent election—but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies

Henning Hoff
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7 Apr 25

RT @IPQuarterly: Our new articles series EUROPE'S NEW REALITY kicks off today with a contribution by @markhleonard director @ecfr.eu who…