Tag: Willy Brandt
Exclusive: Konrad Rufus Müller photographed Chancellor Scholz – culture
Konrad R. Müller has photographed all German heads of government since Adenauer, now Olaf Scholz too. The portrait is the best answer to the question of who the Chancellor actually…
Why do we need the SPD?: The damned party
Triumph and tragedy of the Social Democrats: How the SPD almost always gets in the snout – a historical calendar page on Willy Brandt’s electoral success in November 1972. source…
Ukraine-News +++ Scholz dankt Kanada für Gas-Turbine für Nord-Stream-Pipeline +++
Die Bundesregierung hat sich erleichtert gezeigt, dass Kanada den Weg für die Lieferung der Siemens-Turbine für die Gaspipeline Nord Stream 1 frei gemacht hat. „Wir begrüßen die Entscheidung unserer kanadischen…
Ukraine-News +++ Kanada schickt Gasturbine für Nord-Stream-Pipeline nach Deutschland +++
Der Weg für die Lieferung der in Kanada gewarteten Siemens-Turbine für die Gaspipeline Nord Stream 1 ist frei. Die Regierung in Ottawa erklärte am Samstagabend, man werde eine Ausnahme von…
Crime about the Causa Brandt/Barzel: villain in Bonn – politics
There was once a smoky, highly popular Sunday morning program on German television called “Der Internationale Frühschoppen”, where many an explosive topic was discussed with journalists from all over the…
Brandt 1972: Upsurge for Willy – politics
50 years ago, on April 27, 1972, the German Bundestag passed the first constructive vote of no confidence in the history of the Federal Republic. With the motion, the CDU/CSU…
Prantls Blick: How Willy Brandt remained chancellor 50 years ago. – Politics
Of Heribert Prantl Rainer Candidus Barzel kept shaking his head in disbelief. He was, he said later, “struck by lightning.” He, the head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, sat in…
SPD: Shock rigidity
No, not everything was wrong with the Social Democrats’ Russia policy. But it is wrong to want to ignore their failures. source site
Federal Government: Between Magic and Erosion
Michael Mertes provides a well-founded description of the cycles of power, of upheaval and decline in the republic since 1949. Basically, this is nothing less than a guide for Olaf…
New SZ series for 1972: Willy Brandt and the Eastern Treaties – culture
Exactly half a century ago, in 1972, the Federal Republic experienced a particularly turbulent time. The dispute over the “Ostpolitik” promoted by Willy Brandt, the first social-democratic chancellor, and his…