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Germany plans to reform its foreign intelligence service, the BND, granting it new powers including offensive cyber operations and expanded data collection capabilities.
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Its endless bureaucratic rules trap would-be reformers

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, examines whether the country can achieve its goals—and what stands in its way

Defence spending may kickstart economic recovery, but it will take a while

Despite retaining its far-right positions

A meme from the far-right fringe could spell legal trouble for Germany’s AfD