Ryan Walshaw

Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 11:24 UTC

Today’s Dispatch is all about 🇩🇪 and NATO:
- Pistorius “annoyed” by defence spending pledge in ‘25 budget. SZ says ‘Schuldenbremse’ Putin’s new fav word
- Great interview with Florence Gaub, NATO Director of Research
- FAZ releases polling of views on NATO in 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:18 UTC

Brussels, Berlin and Frankfurt watching v closely after surprising results of the 2nd round of voting in 🇫🇷

Reaction generally relieved, but message clear: 🇫🇷 far from safe & far from business as usual on EU level

More here, incl view from Deutsche Bank CIO:
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 08:42 UTC

Irmgard Keun is also a recently-discovered part of the generation of brilliant satirical writers who took on the Nazis. See 'Nach Mitternacht' (After Midnight)

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 08:36 UTC

Some excellent choices, old and new, who are largely unknown in English. The Uwe Timm work I'd have gone with is 'Morenga': a fascinating early attempt (1978) at a novel dealing with Germany's colonial past. Also huge fan of Tawada and Stanišič (esp 'Herkunft') as 'international' German writers

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:46 UTC

How do the Swiss fans decide which language to chant in? Do they just start it one language and then everyone who speaks that one joins in?

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:00 UTC

After catching up on sleep, I've had time to see what the Germans are saying about Labour's return to power.

There seems to be real goodwill to the new govt; Labour must seize it. Work can start on a security deal, but it will ofc cost valuable political capital.

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 09:35 UTC

Today's Dispatch covers Bundestag reaction to the 1st round of the French election.

Real fury over Macron’s decision, as many see it across the political spectrum (apart from the AfD presumably), to unnecessarily gamble on the future of Europe.

More here:
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 10:03 UTC

In today's Deutschland Dispatch:

My review of the German press' reaction to the first round of voting in the French parliamentary elections. I think it can safely be described as 'horrified'-- partly because it shows the Germans a premonition of their own future.

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

Today's Dispatch:

As every Friday, today's post is explains how the UK was covered by the 🇩🇪 press over the last few days.

German journos have had some interesting briefs and interviews this week, esp from the Tories...

Read all about it here:
ryanwalshaw.substack.com/p/ge-week-5?...

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 13:27 UTC

This idea is actually a very live policy debate within Labour’s sister party in Germany, the SPD. They’re talking about doing a deal w Uzbekistan (to avoid directly working w Taliban) to deport migrants convicted of serious crimes.

I wrote about it here:
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 10:11 UTC

Today’s dispatch:

-Olaf Scholz will address the Bundestag today. Officially he’s giving MdBs an update on the summits he’ll be attended in the coming days, but it’s also an important moment for him as leader of both his country and his party.

Read more:
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 09:29 UTC

In today's 'Dispatch':
I review an interesting divergence in views on the 'debt brake' between the FAZ and Handelsblatt, two of Germany's biggest liberal papers, and discuss how the SPD and Greens could benefit from it:
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 12:10 UTC

What do you make of Scholz's comments to ARD y/day about his concerns re an RN victory? Do you think he might refuse to cooperate with anyone in an RN-dominated 🇫🇷 govt other than Macron, almost like a copy of the 'firewall' on cooperation with the AfD?

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 10:34 UTC

Thanks again James. Just doing what it says on the tin: 'first and fastest insight into Germany'!

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 09:47 UTC

In today's 'Deutschland Dispatch':
- I unpack some of the key points from Olaf Scholz's ARD interview (first major TV interview since the EU vote). Scholz's interviewer wasn't very impressed.

-A review of the coverage of Robert Habeck's visit to China:

Read here:
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 12:04 UTC

In today’s Dispatch:
— How Germany’s experience transporting soldiers to Afghanistan is informing its new deportations policy
— A review of BYD’s PR offensive in Europe, and how their CEO once drank a glass of battery fluid to prove a point…

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

Minister for Style should 100% be a thing. Reminds me (by contrast) of something I learnt yday: in 2013 GQ named Jon Cruddas the UK's 2nd worst dressed man!

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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 11:44 UTC

In today’s Dispatch:
- 5 ways the current gridlock over the Budget (due in 2 weeks) might go, including a snap election
- Why the German govt is considering how engaging with the Taliban and Assad
- How the Germans taught the Chinese how to trade
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Ryan Walshaw @ryanwalshaw.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

Symbolism abounds:
BYD, the Chinese EV maker which has just had tariffs slapped on its imports to the EU (against German protests) is ‘official E-Mobility partner’ of #euro2024

None of the 🇩🇪 firms wanted the gig

Find out more about the EV wars here:

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