There is some difference in tone and approach, but when they want, the German version can be much more vitriolic. (I actually loved them for that until they did it to the powers-that-be, not the other way around.) But the new top dogs seem to originate in the economic department, in which the change was first apparent: earlier they always had interviews with or articles on unconventional economists or economic views (initially there was even some laudation for the altermondialists), which then almost disappeared. Now you find hair-raising op-eds in SPIEGEL like Weniger Europa hat mehr Zukunft (= Less Europe has more future) by economist Thomas Straubhaar (<-hehe, fitting name).

In this particular case, the article is a direct translation of an article in the print version of the magazine.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.