The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thuringia premier calls for new German national anthem Should Germany pick a new national anthem? That was the call on Thursday from the state premier of Thuringia. His comments sparked a political spat. https://www.thelocal.de/20190509/state-premier-of-eastern-german-state-calls-for-new-national-anthem Thu, 09 May 2019 17:46:42 +0200 state-premier-of-eastern-german-state-calls-for-new-national-anthem Should Germany get rid of the word 'fatherland' from its national anthem? On Sunday the German government’s equality commissioner made headlines by suggesting that it was time to make the national anthem less macho. So will erasing the word fatherland do the trick? https://www.thelocal.de/20180305/should-germany-get-rid-of-the-word-fatherland-from-it-national-anthem Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:57:54 +0100 should-germany-get-rid-of-the-word-fatherland-from-it-national-anthem