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Europe | Germany | Career

Exchange’s first female long distance driver in Europe wants more women drivers

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Heike Molter has been driving long distance for 18 years and it showed when she took her road test to drive for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. She aced the test on the first try and was hired in April. “Some of the other applicants took several attempts while she only took one. We could tell she was very skilled,” said Ronald Willis, regional supervisor for the Exchange’s Europe fleet. “We knew we had to have her on the Gruenstadt team.” Molter is the first woman hired to drive long distance with the Exchange’s Europe fleet. In fact, her application was the fir
Europe | Germany | Politics

Germany’s far right preaches traditional values. Can a lesbian mother be its new voice?

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The far right’s drubbing in the French election exposed the biggest challenge for European nationalists: convincing voters that they are no longer a bunch of intolerant haters. To argue that point, welcome to the political stage Alice Weidel, the improbable new voice of Germany’s far right. In person, the cardigan-wearing former investment banker eschews fiery rhetoric in favor of almost academic answers. But there’s something else that distinguishes her from the populist pack. After days spent campaigning for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the 38-year-old les
Europe | Germany | Politics

EU CHAOS: Merkel is ready to CAVE IN and GRANT Turkey visa-free travel, ambassador reveals

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ANGELA Merkel is ready to cave in to the Turkish government and grant visa-free travel to 75million people despite Turkey’s failure to meet EU’s demands, a British ambassador has claimed. Leaked documents from Britain’s ambassador to Germany, Sir Sebastian Wood, claim the German Chancellor is ready to make a “compromise” on Turkey’s terrorism law. Turkish president Recep Erdogan has been at loggerheads with the EU after he refused to change laws used to prosecute academics and journalists, one of the conditions to the deal. The controversial deal sees Turkish authorities t
Europe | Germany | Society

Study: The Biggest Offenders in the Gender-Stereotyping Department Are Women Themselves

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We have met the sexist enemy. And it is us. For decades feminists have blamed the evil advertising industry for its "gender stereotyping" of women as passive, weak, overly emotional, girly-girlish, and obsessed with pleasing men. But it turns out that the biggest offenders in the gender-stereotyping department are women themselves. According to a recent German study, advertising moguls are sexist pikers compared to females taking pictures of themselves on their phones and sharing them online. After all, when taking a selfie, lady, you alone have total control over both the subject ma
Europe | Germany | Politics

Angela Merkel Is Losing Her Refugee Bet

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David Folkerts-Landau, Deutsche Bank’s chief economist, last month described the arrival of more than a million refugees from the Middle East in 2015 as “the best thing that could happen to Germany.” He said the event would allow the country to remain forward-looking. That remark belongs to a German world that is no more. Following the New Year’s Eve sexual attacks on women in Cologne, largely committed by migrants and asylum-seekers, Germany has become a troubled, markedly less-confident place. It is diminished in its role as Europe’s unassailable and often patronizing leader, an
Europe | Germany | Crimes

In Cologne, Multiculturalism More Important than Protecting Women from Rape?

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In other words, faced with the choice of protecting over a thousand girls from repeated gang rape and protecting Muslims from being identified as the rapists, British authorities chose to protect multiculturalism and “diversity.” In the competition between multiculturalism and one of the most elementary instincts and obligations of higher civilization — the protection of girls and women from sexual violence — higher civilization lost. The U.K. is, of course, not alone in letting multiculturalism and the fear of being branded racist or Islamophobic take precedence over protecting gir
Europe | Germany | Crimes

Uncensored Dana Loesch Blasts German Officials for Putting ‘Political Correctness’ Over Safety of Women

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During an interview on Fox News’ “The Kelly File” Wednesday evening, Dana Loesch condemned a German mayor’s response to a mass sexual assault in her city. Cologne police said that on New Year’s Eve, more than a thousand men “of Arab or North African appearance,” committed a series of crimes including sexual assaults, robberies and at least one rape. Police called the chaos “a completely new dimension of crime.” And reports indicate that at least eight of the suspects who have been identified were in the country as asylum seekers. Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker has bec
Europe | Germany | Politics

Angela Merkel faces outright rebellion within her own party over refugee crisis

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Angela Merkel is facing an outright rebellion within her own party after two of her most senior ministers directly challenged her “open-door” refugee policy. The German chancellor’s office was forced to intervene at the weekend to block an unauthorised attempt by Thomas de Maiziere, the interior minister, to change the asylum rules for Syrian refugees. But Wolfgang Schäuble, the influential finance minister, has since come out in support of Mr de Maiziere’s initiative, alongside a host of senior party figures.
Europe | Germany | Media

Bild appoints its first female editor-in-chief

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Bild, Europe’s most-read newspaper, has appointed a female editor-in-chief for the first time. Tanit Koch, 38, is taking the reins of the tabloid-style newspaper from Kai Diekmann, 51, who has become publisher, the Axel Springer group said in a statement on Thursday. The naming of a female editorial chief is a small revolution for a newspaper that has for decades been dominated by men. Bild prints 2.9m copies and says it has a daily readership of 11 million.
Europe | Germany | Leadership

Angela Merkel’s incredible rise from quantum chemist to the world’s most powerful woman

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The world's most powerful woman earned her Ph.D. in quantum physics, presides over the richest economy in Europe, and is the central broker in a massive euro-bailout deal. Germany's Angela Merkel is the undisputed leader of her political party, and she faces hardly any opposition in her now third parliamentary term as chancellor. In honor of the Bundeskanzlerin's 10 years in power, here's the story of Merkel's rise from humble beginnings under an oppressive East German regime to the top spot as Germany's leader.
Europe | Germany | Politics

Angela Merkel ‘firm favourite’ for Nobel prize over refugee crisis – but losing favour in Germany

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Speculation is mounting that Angela Merkel will win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her handling of the European refugee crisis and the war in Ukraine, just as public opinion in Germany is hardening on the migrant issue. The German Chancellor has emerged as the firm favourite for the 2015 peace prize, the winner of which will be announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee next Friday. But even as she is lauded on the international stage, Mrs Merkel is facing growing opposition to her refugee policy at home, where her personal approval rating with voters has plummeted n
Europe | Germany | Culture

Committedly Islamic, avowedly feminist: Germany’s Islamic feminist movement

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There are two general tendencies that govern how Muslim minorities in Europe are spoken about by mainstream European politicians and journalists. One is that the attention is overwhelmingly on Muslim communities living in Britain and France. Other European countries get a mention only when there erupts a crisis or a murder, as was the case in the Jyllands-Posten controversy in 2005 in Denmark. The other striking tendency is that Muslim minorities in Europe are typically spoken of as distinct from the people and common sensibilities of the nation in which they live. They are taken to be
Europe | Germany | Politics

Angela Merkel is finally having her feminist moment (and I’m saying a silent ‘hallelujah’)

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Angela Merkel is the 'most powerful woman in the world'. She’s Chancellor of the country with the fourth largest global economy; she bosses around all the blokes in the European Union; has won three elections; and even has a physics degree in her back pocket. But the extraordinary rise of Germany’s 'Iron Lady' isn’t by default a triumph for women’s rights. From a feminist perspective, she’s Deutschland’s equivalent of Margaret Thatcher: advancing the cause by smashing the glass ceiling of her own career, without making it a priority to give others a helping
Europe | Germany | Ethics

Faulty rifle puts minister in crosshairs

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Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen is struggling to maintain her credibility as critics have blamed her for lobbying and cover-ups within the ministry over the army's faulty G36 rifles. A scandal has been brewing around the weapon for months after von der Leyen admitted in March that the rifle loses accuracy at high temperatures. In April von der Leyen announced that the G36 had “no future” in the Bundeswehr. In the meantime the media have been reporting that the Bundeswehr covered up information, based on internal reports that showed the weapons had shortcomings. It is said i

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