Sabine Rennefanz is a politics writer for the Berliner Zeitung and an author
November 2019
Today in Focus
Election 2019: Dark arts and dirty tricks online
I was a teenager in East Germany when the Wall fell. Today we are still divided
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August 2015
Germans must confront the hatred of asylum seekers in their midst
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As rightwing attacks against accommodation for asylum seekers increase, people in Germany should remember that many of them once fled war and poverty too
June 2011
Merkel spins round to lead Germany's anti-nuclear movement
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Sabine Rennefanz: Angela Merkel's nuclear power U-turn may be politically correct, but is it environmentally or economically right?
September 2010
East Germans are still different
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Sabine Rennefanz: Angela Merkel's recent comments prove that 20 years after unification, a divide between east and west Germans remains
June 2010
Angela Merkel's paralysis
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Sabine Rennefanz: Germans are awaiting the fate of their hopeless coalition with resignation. The obituaries are in
May 2010
Angela Merkel pays at the polls for Greek aid
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Sabine Rennefanz: German anger over the Greek bailout, fuelled by the tabloids, has lost the chancellor's party votes in a key regional election
September 2009
Germany now
Business as usual in Germany
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Sabine Rennefanz: Germany Now: Angela Merkel has paid a high price for the calm that has descended on her nation as elections loom
August 2009
It's not over for Germany yet
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Sabine Rennefanz: New economic growth is slight – what happens when the money is used up, the election is over and a mountain of debt remains?
June 2009
Europe votes
Is Germany too lazy for Europe?
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Sabine Rennefanz: Europe votes: Germany's national parties and media care little about Europe outside election times, so why should they expect voters to?
April 2009
The singer and the prosecutor
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Sabine Rennefanz: The increasing influence of German prosecutors was evident when a pop singer was arrested over HIV infection claims
March 2009
Germany's broken schools
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Sabine Rennefanz: The rigid, old-fashioned German education system is a sad factor in the growing number of attacks on schools
