Sabine Beppler-Spahl is a writer for europeanconservative.com based in Berlin. Sabine is the chair of the German liberal think tank Freiblickinstitut, and the Germany correspondent for Spiked. She has written for several German magazines and newspapers.
Germany: Erdogan’s European Outpost?

Germany: Erdogan’s European Outpost?

An honest assessment reveals that German mainstream politics has served as Erdoğan’s most effective accomplice for years.

The EU Escape: Merz’s Flight From Democratic Responsibility

The EU Escape: Merz’s Flight From Democratic Responsibility

Rather than fighting hard political fights at home, German politicians hide behind Brussels.

In the Name of Democracy: How Germany Ended Up Funding Hate

In the Name of Democracy: How Germany Ended Up Funding Hate

By bankrolling organizations that ordinary Germans would never voluntarily support, the state has created an artificial network of antisemitic quasi-lobbyists.

German Censorship Machine in Action: The Police’s Shadow War on Free Speech

German Censorship Machine in Action: The Police’s Shadow War on Free Speech

In the Kafkaesque reality of Germany’s speech laws, anonymous functionaries can trigger police raids, with intimidation becoming the goal and the punishment.

Another Stab in the Back: How Merz Abandoned Israel for Political Expediency

Another Stab in the Back: How Merz Abandoned Israel for Political Expediency

Germany once vowed never again—but its government is now abandoning Israel just as antisemitism surges across the country.

The Charlemagne Prize: A Symbol of Elite Defensiveness

The Charlemagne Prize: A Symbol of Elite Defensiveness

The prize, this year awarded to Commission President von der Leyen, has functioned as propaganda accompanied by public disputes for years.

The Peasants’ War: Why Germany’s Elite Fear the Past

The Peasants’ War: Why Germany’s Elite Fear the Past

The mere possibility that today’s populists might stand on the side of justice in the fight for Freyheit terrifies their opponents.

It Is Time for Germans To Get Seriously Angry

It Is Time for Germans To Get Seriously Angry

Instead of working to protect citizens from Islamist terror, the priority of the German establishment is to warn that terror must not be “instrumentalized” by populists.

Die Linke’s Israel Problem: When Antifa Embraces Antisemitism

Die Linke’s Israel Problem: When Antifa Embraces Antisemitism

The hatred of Jews “is part of the party’s DNA.”

How Germany’s Bureaucratic War on AfD Destroys Democracy From Within

How Germany’s Bureaucratic War on AfD Destroys Democracy From Within

The establishment’s authoritarian power plays are eroding the already low level of public trust.

Germany: Weakening Democracy Through False Consensus

Germany: Weakening Democracy Through False Consensus

If the SPD and CDU can barely muster a majority even when combined, it’s because they’ve lost the ability to genuinely represent majority concerns.

New German Priority: Trans Ideology First, Justice Second

New German Priority: Trans Ideology First, Justice Second

The incident of a failed asylum seeker identifying as transgender exposes the dangerous absurdity of Germany’s self-identification law and its broken asylum system.

April 24, 2025