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Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark, Justyna Gotkowska
On 17 January, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he was appointing Boris Pistorius (SPD), previously Lower Saxony’s interior minister, as Germany’s new defence minister. The day before, the defence ministry issued a statement by the…
OSW Commentary |
| Michał Kędzierski
Due to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the mounting energy and gas crisis in Europe, 2022 saw a spell of permanent crisis management in the German energy sector, in particular gas. The structure of Germany’s imports has changed…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On New Year’s Eve, several German towns and cities (including Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, and Borna near Leipzig) saw numerous assaults on police officers and rescue workers. The officers were attacked with various items including…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 20 December 2022, the European Commission (EC) approved Germany’s requests for state aid to be offered to the nationalised energy companies Uniper and Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE, until June 2022 known as Gazprom Germania). In 2022…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Justyna Gotkowska
On 14 December, the Budget Committee of the Bundestag approved first six armaments projects to be financed from the Bundeswehr’s off-budget €100 billion fund. The fund was established by the Bundestag in June 2022 to strengthen German and…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
More than a third (37%) of Ukrainian refugees intend to stay in Germany permanently, while 34% intend to stay until the end of the war, 27% of respondents have not yet decided how long they will stay in Germany and 2% intend to leave the…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 29 November, representatives of QatarEnergy (Qatar) and ConocoPhillips (USA) signed a contract in Doha concerning supplies of liquefied natural gas to Germany. The natural gas will originate from North Field East and North Field South,…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Michał Kędzierski
On 7 December, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Germany issued an arrest warrant for 22 alleged members and three supporters of a terrorist organisation, and searched buildings in eleven states. The organisation was founded in November…
Analyses |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
In August, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), one of the largest initiatives of this kind in recent years. Its name emphasises the importance of fighting inflation. The financing of investments in low-emission…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 14 November the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) issued an order concerning the nationalisation of Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE), a company which concentrates Gazprom’s gas assets in Germany, and…