Jörg Luyken

https://t.co/ri2AHSBqlE Unlike most major economies, Germany hasn’t run up heft debts to fund the new trend to protectionism. A good idea… or is Germany missing the train?

https://t.co/RinNZNXUOi A court came to a damning conclusion this month about the role of the media in one of the most infamous missing person’s cases in the world. But was the judge’s criticism fair?

https://t.co/9TkX2d0PtY German pharmacies are running short on antibiotics and painkillers. The country once know as “the world’s pharmacy” is increasingly reliant on Asia for supplies of basic medicines… which is turning into a problem.

https://t.co/uMahr6LvYa How are coalition negotiations in Thuringia and Saxony shaping up… and what do they have to do with an arranged marriage?

The Green party's problem isn't its radicals..., by @JorgLuyken https://t.co/CAALNOct1L

https://t.co/4NdbndvL0U My latest newsletter for all subscribers has just dropped! It is about the Deutschlandticket - interested to hear what you have to say in the comments section #rail #germany #trains

https://t.co/6i4yslcJfO #Bavaria has chosen its own path in #Germany - one that leads to more than the occasional political drama.

Anyone else noticed that almost the entire SPD federal cabinet comes from Lower Saxony - 20% owner of #Volkswagen

Some Germans want to make their language less formal. Others insist on old-fashioned politeness. The result is a minefield of potential misunderstandings. How to upset a German https://t.co/2lj2Up3Xvs

The German town that ran out of power, by @JorgLuyken https://t.co/AYPpCUfVfy

Last month, Germany’s parliament passed a law that will see #cannabis partially legalised starting in April. Anti-prohibition campaigners are haling it as a victory, but the law won’t do enough to tackle the damage done by prohibition. Here’s why: https://t.co/pEQzaWPy4M

https://t.co/XMUeReepUP “In a comic irony, support for keeping nuclear bombs in #Germany was strongest among voters for the Green party, which grew out of the anti-war and anti-nuclear protests of the 1970s.”

https://t.co/HSjCtlsM4Q A brutal assault on a Jewish student in #Berlin tells us a lot about the state of anti-Semitism in #Germany today. In particular, its aftermath shows how some people are trying to twist the story to pin the blame on the Jew.

https://t.co/1D06lfdB6G The architecture of the anti-AfD firewall is changing. The protests make the structure of the wall stronger and higher. But they also force the old parties ever closer together inside it. #afd #germany

It may sound crazy to suggest a future without trains. But in Germany they are a massive drain on public finances. Are there new technologies that would organise transport more efficiently and at a lower cost? #transport #trains #germany #rail https://t.co/PmriedUuxG

Some opponents are calling for the #AfD to be banned. Is making a party verboten really that simple? And, would banning the second most popular in the country really be a democratic solution? #germany https://t.co/YJxnTtvqh2

On a ‘pet’ hate of mine: #Dog owners in northern Italy now have to give DNA swabs from their pouches to authorities. Dog poo found on the street is then compared against this data bank and owners face big fines. A solution for #Berlin’s sh*t strewn streets… any thoughts?