Germany’s Ostpolitik makes a comeback: “If you freeze crap it’ll still be crap in 20 years’ time.” ft.com/content/4ee16d… via Guy Chazan

Great piece by Guy Chazan on splits in the SPD as senior figures call for Ukraine to essentially give up and stop fighting ft.com/content/4ee16d… via @ft

Today's excellent piece by Guy Chazan and Leila Abboud

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Maybe the German Greens were right about nuclear after all - 'UK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £46bn' ft.com/content/115759… via @ft

Extraordinary report from correctiv: AfD functionaries and MPs attended meeting with Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner that discussed plans to repatriate foreigners from Germany - even those with German passports. correctiv.org/aktuelles/neue…

Heute in FT Economics

How Germany’s ‘debt brake’ broke the budget via Financial Times

A great piece by my friend ⁦Guy Chazan⁩ on fiscal stupidity

As Mario Monti always says, economy in Germany is a branch of moral philosophy.

But now it blew in their face und das ist gut so.
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This is rad

I went to Gaza. Here’s my despatch. ft.com/content/21df22… via @ft

Germany. 2023. 78 years after the Holocaust.

This is an extraordinary speech. It will cement Habeck's reputation as one of Germany's best, most thoughtful, and most compelling orators.

It's almost four weeks since the horrific terrorist attack on #Israel . A lot has happened, the public debate has become heated and confused. Find thoughts from Vice-Chancellor Robert #Habeck in the video, putting the events in context. 📣With English, Hebrew and Arabic subtitles.

Great piece by Guy Chazan: Bibi’s finished’: Benjamin Netanyahu loses core support after Hamas assault on Israel via Financial Times
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The moment has arrived… BSW now a thing.

On Saturday I was in Auschwitz. That was the day the Süddeutsche broke the #Aiwanger story. Five days later and this guy is still dep PM of Bavaria. What a shame. What a disgrace.

Merz has broken one of the great taboos of German politics. No wonder the backlash has been so intense. 'German opposition leader sparks anger as he eases stance on far right AfD' ft.com/content/cbae98…

A German coal giant’s unlikely conversion to clean energy. Laura Pitel's must-read dispatch from the Lausitz ft.com/content/2488d4…

Germany sets out plans to ‘de-risk’ China relationship ft.com/content/3add57…

Happy to have contributed to this great Financial Times long read on the European response to the #IRA

What's notable is that 🇺🇸 isn't even concerned about the response, but explicitly asks 🇪🇺 to join and pursue its own green industrial policies /1

(cc/Guy Chazan)
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Bundesbank may need recapitalisation to cover bond-buying losses, says the German audit office. ft.com/content/46d395…