Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Suppressing dissent from what elites regard as ‘acceptable’ policies is the route to undermining democracy.

Since 1945, the U.S.-Europe relationship has largely been defined by opposition to the Soviet Union. This was the crux of the Cold War: the free West vs. the Iron Curtain in the East. It was this ...

US Vice President JD Vance has slammed Germany’s free speech laws, linking them to the US military presence in the country.

JD Vance delivered uncomfortable truths in Europe. But free speech is sacrosanct to the American idea, so it underpins how America approaches policy in Europe.

An emotional breakdown at the Munich Security Conference highlights the decline of Europe’s influence and America’s shifting ...

A speech-regulation industry that was booming under Biden has gone bust under Trump. Over the last four years, massive ...

Can you express your opinion freely in Germany? Rules on speech are stricter in Germany than, for example, in the US. That ...

Germany rose from the ashes of world war because it confronted its past. We're heading toward our depths in the U.S. because ...

Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle Talks First Edition; Far-Right Concerns, Free Speech & Empathy For Both Sides Of ...

If you follow these things closely, you may have seen a clip of the chairman of the Munich Security Conference breaking down in tears, unable to speak any further while reflecting on Vice President JD ...