Tanit Koch
22 December 2022
Germansplaining: A guide to the Christmas markets
Christmas markets defy the logic of “seen one, seen them all”. They just have one thing in common: the magic of the festive season
Read the full article15 December 2022
Germansplaining: When fantasy meets fanatics
When the two meet there's danger ahead. But rest assured, German democracy is well-fortified
Read the full article08 December 2022
Germansplaining: Semantics dictate Germany’s immigration policy
German immigration policy has been dominated by prefixes for too long. Now, this has finally changed
Read the full article01 December 2022
Germansplaining: Have climate combaters got it right?
There is enough pseudo-martyrdom going on as it is without the rise in climate activism
Read the full article24 November 2022
Germansplaining: Our World Cup racism
The World Cup has begun. How can we tell? Snow has fallen in Berlin and pro-Alternative für Deutschland groups have been filling up with racist comments
Read the full article17 November 2022
Germansplaining: The victims of the East
After two world wars, a genocide and two dictatorships, there is no shortage of reasons for commemoration in Germany. And yet there is
Read the full article10 November 2022
Germansplaining: Germany’s legalisation plans
Some notable experts, however, question the overall need for reform. It’s a mass experiment
Read the full article03 November 2022
Germansplaining: Where’s our Sunak?
Germany needs a more diverse group of politicians leading the country. Perhaps, we can learn from you
Read the full article27 October 2022
Germansplaining: Olaf Scholz goes nuclear
For the moment, Scholz's plan appears to have worked. But, Germany's energy problem isn't solved yet
Read the full article20 October 2022
Germansplaining: Anti-Americanism is back
A wave of Anti-Americanism has returned to Germany. Or, to be more accurate, it never really vanished
Read the full article13 October 2022
Germansplaining: Why Berlin’s poll failed
After last year's election disaster in the capital, trust in Germany's democracy needs to be restored
Read the full article06 October 2022
Germansplaining: Does the country still dare to bare?
The country's nudist clubs are running out of members. Soon, Germans au naturel may become extinct
Read the full article29 September 2022
Germansplaining: Germany’s falling Green star
All eyes are on Robert Habeck. Unfortunately, his energy crisis polices are only snatching the surface of Germany's problems
Read the full article22 September 2022
Germansplaining: Oktoberfest is back
It's time to raise a glass, the famous beer festival has returned
Read the full article14 September 2022
Germansplaining: The Queen of reconciliation
Germany isn't a country of royalists, but we turned into a republic of Elizabethans
Read the full article08 September 2022
Germansplaining: The death of Germany’s forests
There are few things Germans have a closer bond to than the woods and now they're under threat. However, there is hope...
Read the full article01 September 2022
Germansplaining: Will a German icon be cancelled?
Karl May's Winnetou and the German soul are inseparable. I'm optimistic the country's icon will evade cancellation
Read the full article31 August 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev: Germany’s biggest political pop-star
It’s hard to put in words how much my country owes him. Danke, Gorbi
Read the full article25 August 2022
Germansplaining: Does Germany have too much television?
German public broadcasting has gone beyond a public service and has become excessive and expensive
Read the full article18 August 2022
Germansplaining: A very Scholz Scandal
Scholz's convenient “memory loss” about his involvement in the Cum-Ex scandal not only tarnishes his own image, but harms trust in Germany's political system
Read the full article11 August 2022
Germansplaining: What’s causing Germany’s tax fiasco?
The country has a lack of digital infrastructure. Germany is a fax republic
Read the full article04 August 2022
The brain and the bomb
Are decisions about firing nuclear weapons best left to error-prone humans? Scientists want reform of the launch protocols, which are 70 years old
Read the full article04 August 2022
Germansplaining: Germany has an electricity problem, no matter how much politicians say otherwise
Electricity costs in Germany have been much higher than the rest of Europe for years, but now they are exploding
Read the full article28 July 2022
Germansplaining: The song of the silly season
Why Germany is swaying to the sound of a controversial hit
Read the full article30 June 2022
Germansplaining: Germany’s own abortion battle
As with most of Europe, abortion is treated very differently from any other aspect of healthcare in Germany. Pro-choice activists are fighting to change this
Read the full article23 June 2022
Germansplaining: When Dexit disappeared
Now even AfD does not wish to be tainted by any UK Vote Leave association. Don't mention ze Brexit
Read the full article16 June 2022
Germansplaining: The €9 ticket that could start a transport revolution
German local transport emulates a system from the 19th-century. It desperately needs updating and these tickets could be a step in the right direction
Read the full article09 June 2022
Germansplaining: How Germany addresses its dark past
Our columnist hopes that digitising Holocaust archives in a new government project will help people “never forget” the horrors of the Nazi genocide
Read the full article02 June 2022
Germansplaining: How the Bundestag became bloated
Germany’s latest general elections brought about hyper-expansive change to parliament... literally
Read the full article26 May 2022
Germansplaining: The Sausagegate war among Germany’s poets and playwrights
War has broken out among Germany's self-appointed intellectual literary elite
Read the full article19 May 2022
Germansplaining: Why the AfD are in meltdown
The party looks trapped on a downhill path, straight towards the fate of a radical East German fringe party
Read the full article12 May 2022
Germansplaining: Germany’s rail system is giving British inefficiency a run for its money
Complaining about the country's train operator Deutsche Bahn is a national sport. This week our columnist found good reason to do so
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