Jürgen Zimmerer

Jürgen Zimmerer

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Jürgen Zimmerer

The founder of "Radical Daughters" criticizes Merz; the Interior Ministry cancels previously promised subsidies. An outrageous incident that reveals a chilling understanding of officialdom. Almost more frightening is that it was NIUS that stirred up hatred, to which the Interior Ministry apparently immediately complied.

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I'm old enough to remember when being caught lying was grounds for resignation from a state or government office. The fact that it no longer is undermines trust in politics almost more than anything else.

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This officially makes the scandal surrounding the book trade prize a scandal of the Chancellor and his government.

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Die Bundesregierung hat Rücktrittsforderungen gegen Kulturstaatsminister Weimer zurückgewiesen. Regierungssprecher Meyer sagte in Berlin, Weimer nehme seine Aufgabe mit der vollen Unterstützung des Kabinetts wahr. https://deutschlandfunk.de/gruene-und-linke-fordern-ruecktritt-von-weimer-bundesregierung-weist-das-zurueck-102.html…

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A pop music expert is allowed to call for a violation of the Basic Law in Germany's most important political magazine. This effectively draws a line under the process of coming to terms with and learning from the Nazi era. My article on how this was ideologically prepared is also available here 🧵👇 twitter.com/JuergenZimmerer/st...

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I would have expected the self-proclaimed leader of Europe not to sit idly by while the sovereign rights of an EU partner state are revoked. It also undermines all the solidarity rhetoric surrounding Greenland. Vassalage doesn't help.

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It's just as if they really want to destroy #Berlinale once and for all. Each of their statement makes it worse. It wasn't just any artist, it was Wim Wenders and the jury. It was not "any political issue", but one central to Berlin for its history🤦‍♂️

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How the raison d'état became "nationalistic," and much more. I have presented this in my new preface to the English edition of "Erinnerungskämpfe" (Wars of Remembrance): "October 7, 2023 and the German Culture of Remembrance: The many facets of German Staatsräson" Free download 👇 degruyterbrill.com/document/do...…

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