Weekly Update by Michael Armstrong – February 21, 2025

This week has been a whirlwind, like many others we have been through recently. The world at large is scrambling to deal with the United States’ new agenda on everything from tariffs to peace deals for the world’s most volatile … Read More

German immigration bill rejected despite far-right backing

The German parliament has rejected immigration measures put forward by the conservative opposition and backed by the far-right. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, who is tipped to be Germany’s next chancellor, had tried to rely on support from … Read More

Jewish supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD see party as means to counter anti-Semitism

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At a nondescript community centre in the city of Wiesbaden on Sunday, dozens of Jews got together to officially form the Jewish faction of the rising right-wing political party in Germany: Alternative for Deutschland (AfD)…writes Orit Arfa/JNS. Members of the … Read More

German Unity Day marked by divisions as protests take place in Berlin

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The world was watching on Nov. 9, 1989, when east Berliners climbed over the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, reuniting a country long divided. But it was about a year later, on Oct. 3, that Germany officially became one … Read More