Trump has slashed education funding, meaning many US universities are facing hiring freezes and budget constraints. Economist Monika Schnitzer speaks to DW's Marie Sina about the opportunities for German universities and research institutions to tempt academics and scientists to cross the pond.
I think this is related to Europe as it may try to take advantage of the current situation in the US to its advantage. This one focuses on Germany.
If you have the credentials to go for the prestigious Unis and other Unis don't stick out in your specific field for particular excellence, i would not recommend going to Germany. German Universities are good overall. They provide access to higher education to a relatively large group of people. In some fields certain Unis are absolutely excellent and thus have a great reputation in that field. But the Unis are not "household names" by themselves.
If you want to go into a direction that values prestige, go for that. If you want to make use of particular excellence in your particular field, you can find something in Germany. If you want to go for living in Germany or for enjoying student life in Germany, then i strongly advise against that.
Germany is becoming increasingly racist and reactionary. The federal parliament passed a non binding but kind of binding resolution that researchers should be surveilled by the interior intelligence and get their funding revoked if they are not "without a doubt not antisemitic", aka if they have said anything that was critical of Israel. Also questions of scientific discourse such as the definition of antisemitism should not be left to scientific discourse, but rather decided politically through legislation, like the resolution enforcing the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Note that this resolution had full support from the fascists of the AfD to the former progressive parties now center-right Green and Social Democrats. Only the Left party abstained from the vote and a fringe social-but-nationalist-pro Putin party opposed it.