Questions tagged [germany]
Questions about Federal Republic of Germany politics and policy.
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Does Germany have a strict definition of what a military target is as it allows Western-supplied weapons to strike military targets in Russia?
German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck has said he regrets that the
government led by Olaf Scholz did not allow Ukraine to deploy
Western-supplied weapons to strike military targets in Russia sooner.
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Attitudes to man-made famine in WW1
Have any western governments condemned the use of famine as a weapon of war in World War 1 (or acknowledged their culpability)? Have there been attempts to prosecute the responsible for the genocide?
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Why did Nicaragua file a case against only Germany at the ICJ?
On Monday April 8, Nicaragua filed a case against Germany at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing it of “facilitating the commission of genocide” against Palestinians through its military ...
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Why isn't the German police allowed to use PimEyes (social network tracking via face recognition)?
I read about the capture of Daniela Klette, via Google Translate:
In Germany, the criminal police claimed that they were not authorized to use this type of AI [PimEyes], due to data protection ...
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Has any German politician proposed an official national policy that individuals must support Israel?
Many German states and institutions have put in place rules that German citizens must support Israel.
For example, Berlin wanted to force artists to denounce any criticism of Israel in order to ...
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Why is Europe (Germany in particular) apparently paying so little for US troop presence/protection, compared to South Korea?
CNBC wrote in that 2020 about the cost-sharing agreement for US troop presence in South Korea
In the last one-year, cost-sharing agreement, Seoul agreed to pay roughly $900 million and in ...
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Anti-immigration left-wing parties
Recently the long time left-wing German politician, Sahra Wagenknecht, formed a left-wing anti-immigration party.This is unusual, as the left is normally associated with pro-immigration policies. Are ...
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Is the ascendancy of extremists in the AfD driven more by their growing share of East German (than West German) party membership?
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The BfV classified around 36% of AfD members as right-wing extremist for the year 2022. With no dedicated critics of the AfD's extremist faction (aligned with Björn Höcke, formerly called ...
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Why was an inscription commemorating Dresden's bomb deaths removed?
There was an inscription commemorating those who died from the UK and the US bombing Dresden in February 1945, when an estimated 22-25,000 civilians were killed.
Recently, according to Bild, the ...
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What are the past examples of a third party influencing the International Court of Justice decisions?
According to Ynetnews, Germany to request join as third party in Hague case: 'Israel is not committing genocide'
Germany plans to intervene as a third party before the International Court of Justice (...
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Does farming need government support to work efficiently?
In 2020, there were farm law protests in India, related to concern of farmer losing certain government support from Indian govt.
I thought this was maybe due to India being a third world country and ...
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Is there a poll in Germany on perceptions whether the antisemitism label is correctly used in the German political discourse?
I stumbled upon this US poll (conducted by U. of Maryland & Ipsos in June 2023) containing some questions on the public perceptions of the correct use of the antisemitism label, but also having ...
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Is the German CDU 26-point migration plan publically available?
The CDU (currently the biggest opposition party in Germany) handed the government a 26-point plan with their demands on the topic of migration. It seems like every major newspaper has an article on it ...
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Do the AfD need special protection for their events and leaders? [closed]
The leaders of the German AfD party claim to be under attack. Alice Weidel fled to Mallorca, and Tino Chrupulla claimed to have been attacked by an injection. They requested more protection of their ...
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Does the increase in German exports to Russia's neighbors make up for losses in Russia proper?
DW has this "slide" in one of their YouTube reportages:
It shows German exports to Kyrgyzstan increasing by 773% in in Q1 2023, and to a lesser extent a similar pattern happens in Armenia ...