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The front page of ZEIT ONLINE features a prominent story about a citizen dialogue initiative called "Deutschland spricht" (Germany Speaks), focusing on how social media influences opinion formation and highlighting discussions across diverse viewpoints. Other top stories include an analysis of…
A political dialogue initiative called "Deutschland spricht" explores the significant impact of social media on shaping public opinion, with thousands participating in discussions across Germany.
Video impressions from Berlin's main train station show hundreds of people participating in the "Deutschland spricht" initiative, discussing topics and often finding themselves in disagreement.
Subscribers can research their family members in personnel files of the SS and SA and in the NSDAP membership index.
In his summer interview, Friedrich Merz sets the tone, with challenges arising primarily when discussing the AfD and the Left Party.
A new analysis shows that foreign companies invested 86 billion euros in Germany in 2025, a 50% increase from the previous year, though US investments saw a decrease.
The rise of right-wing nationalists is hard to stop in both Germany (AfD) and France (Le Pen), but their eventual rise to power is not a certainty.
New polls released a week before the Saxony-Anhalt state election show shifting dynamics, with visualizations illustrating various scenarios and their likelihoods.
