{"id":3810,"date":"2026-04-03T05:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/?p=3810"},"modified":"2026-04-03T07:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:19:54","slug":"exil-218-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-218-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Exile218 \u2013 Marla's Time Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Today is day 218 of my exile.<br>Exile 218.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two thousand eighteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The year is marked by increasing tensions within Europe and a growing fragmentation of political landscapes. While economic stability remains intact in some areas, political processes come under greater pressure and reveal the limits of collective action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Germany, domestic political conflicts move more strongly into focus. Debates over migration, security, and political direction lead to open tensions within the government. At the same time, differences between East and West become more visible again, both in social sentiments and political preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe as a whole faces challenges arising from differing interests. Questions of border control, migration, and national sovereignty shape the discussions. In several countries, political forces are gaining influence that seek to change or question existing structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internationally, the situation remains tense. Trade conflicts between major economic blocs are increasing, particularly between the United States and China. At the same time, conflicts persist in various regions, with no quick solutions in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">This year shows that stability depends not only on economic factors, but also on internal cohesion.<br>Exile 218.<br>A year in which tensions do not erupt, but instead continue to build slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018 brings growing tensions. Germany under political pressure, Europe divided. The world continues to drift apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-217-2017\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/exil-217-2017\/\"><strong>Exile 217<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-216-2016\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/exil-210-2010\/\"><strong>Exile 216<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-215-2015\/\"><strong>Exile 215<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Exile Chronicle<br>All previous (from 130 \u2013 earlier entries are on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarlaSvenjaL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X\/Twitter<\/a>) and ongoing entries of my Exile Chronicle are collected and documented here:<br>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-chronik\/\">https:\/\/marlas.army\/exil-chronik\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marla Svenja L Exil218 2018 Spannungen in Deutschland, Uneinigkeit in Europa,\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PcCobDCvvok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"marlas-author-box\">\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/marla-svenja-liebich\/\">Marla Svenja Liebich<\/a><\/strong>\n  is the author and publisher of <strong>Marlas Army<\/strong>.<br>\n  On Marla\u2019s Army, she publishes analyses, commentary, and personal accounts on social and political developments in Germany.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heute ist der Tag 218 meines Exils.Exil 218. Zweitausendachtzehn. Das Jahr ist gepr\u00e4gt von zunehmenden Spannungen innerhalb Europas und einer wachsenden Fragmentierung politischer Landschaften. W\u00e4hrend wirtschaftliche Stabilit\u00e4t in Teilen erhalten bleibt, geraten politische Prozesse st\u00e4rker unter Druck und zeigen die Grenzen gemeinsamer Handlungsf\u00e4higkeit auf. In Deutschland r\u00fccken innenpolitische Konflikte st\u00e4rker in den Vordergrund. Die Debatten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[1630,55,1152,1632,1318,69,1548,1633,1631,590],"class_list":["post-3810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exil-posts","tag-1630","tag-deutschland","tag-europa","tag-exil-218","tag-merkel","tag-migration","tag-politik","tag-seehofer","tag-spannungen","tag-weltpolitik"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exil218-2018-deutschland-europa-politische-spannungen.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3822,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3810\/revisions\/3822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}