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Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark, Lidia Gibadło
On 5 July, the leaders of the government coalition formed by the SPD, the Greens and the FDP announced they had reached an agreement on the budget plan for 2025. It includes three elements: budget guidelines, an amendment to the law on…
OSW Commentary |
| Jakub Graca, Justyna Gotkowska
NATO is in the process of adjusting its nuclear deterrence in response to the modernisation of Russia’s nuclear capabilities, the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons near NATO’s borders, and the Kremlin’s increasingly aggressive…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Piotr Szymański
On 12 June, the German defence minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) presented a plan to introduce a ‘new military service’. According to the plan, German male and female citizens will receive a questionnaire at the age of 18 to assess their…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 11 June, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky opened the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Berlin, which was hosted jointly by Germany and Ukraine. The event was accompanied by several topical and sectoral meetings, including a…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
The Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won the European Parliament (EP) election in Germany with 30.0% of the vote (+1.1% compared to 2019). The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second with 15.9% (+4.9%). The coalition parties…
OSW Commentary |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
Berlin believes that the reconstruction and post-war development of Ukraine should involve not only enhancing the country’s integration with the EU market and implementing institutional reforms but also increasing engagement by the private…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Frymark, Lidia Gibadło
For German politicians, the European Parliament (EP) election is the most important test of voting intentions ahead of the regional elections in eastern federal states planned for this autumn and the elections to the Bundestag in 2025.…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Frymark
At present, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is Germany’s second most popular party. In the eastern federal states, it tops the polls with more than 30% of voters’ support, which makes it a ‘catch-all’ or mass party (Volkspartei) which…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
During its party congress in Berlin on 7 May, the CDU adopted its new basic platform (Grundsatzprogramm), which supersedes the 2007 document. It sets the party’s main policy lines for the next several years (see Appendix). On the preceding…
OSW Commentary |
| Michał Kędzierski
Germany’s seaports are facing a crisis. Their freight traffic volumes have been decreasing for years, and last year they dropped to levels not seen in two decades.