Sabine Beppler-Spahl

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  • Jun 22, 2026
    It was not compromise but the avoidance—even suppression—of critical debate that lay at the heart of the technocratic governing style for which Merkel and her successors...
  • Apr 17, 2026
    The effort to ‘AfD-proof’ Saxony-Anhalt is only the latest in a series of measures taken over recent months and years to weaken and marginalise the populists.
  • Mar 9, 2026
    Much of the sense of European superiority towards America has long rested on an elitist belief that America is dominated by the wrong kind of voters.    
  • Jan 17, 2026
    There is a direct link between our establishment's struggle against social media and ‘fake news’ and the growing perception of politicians as dishonest.    
  • Jan 12, 2026
    We Berliners now know what life without fossil fuels looks and feels like.