John Kampfner
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 9, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Foreign Policy
- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 31, 2026
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German Democracy, as We Knew It, Is Over (opens the original)
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Has a small, largely elderly, left-behind pocket of Germany struck a fatal blow against its postwar liberal democracy? That is the question many are asking after Sunday’s election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, which saw the Alternative for Germany (AfD) trounce the mainstream parties to stand on the verge of power—the first time a far-right party would do so in Germany since the fall of the Nazi regime. As has been the case when other tsunamis have struck—Donald Trump’s presidential ele
German Democracy, as We Knew It, Is Over (opens the original)
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Has a small, largely elderly, left-behind pocket of Germany struck a fatal blow against its postwar liberal democracy? That is the question many are asking after Sunday’s election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, which saw the Alternative for Germany (AfD) trounce the mainstream parties to stand on the verge of power—the first time a far-right party would do so in Germany since the fall of the Nazi regime. As has been the case when other tsunamis have struck—Donald Trump’s presidential ele
Germany Is Much More Socially Conservative Than You Think (opens the original)
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Usually what brings down a politician is less the original action, more the hypocrisy or cover-up. In the case of Jens Spahn, until recently one of Germany’s most important conservative members of parliament, it was not a failure to be open. He admitted what he had done and was proud of it, to the point of tears. The problem was that he seemed to forget that it contradicted the moral mores that he and his party advocated. The crime? Paying a woman in the United States to bear a child on behalf o
Germany Is Much More Socially Conservative Than You Think (opens the original)
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Usually what brings down a politician is less the original action, more the hypocrisy or cover-up. In the case of Jens Spahn, until recently one of Germany’s most important conservative members of parliament, it was not a failure to be open. He admitted what he had done and was proud of it, to the point of tears. The problem was that he seemed to forget that it contradicted the moral mores that he and his party advocated. The crime? Paying a woman in the United States to bear a child on behalf o
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