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Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Attack in Magdeburg boost for AfD and CDUCSU in the election campaign

On 20 December, a 50-year-old Saudi man drove a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, killing at least five people and injuring 200, including 40 who sustained serious or critical injuries.…
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The Russian Challenge. A Polish-German expert paper for a new Russia policy

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is in a critical phase: The Russian military is making territorial gains while Western support for Ukraine is stagnant. Add to this the massive uncertainty about the future US policy. In this…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany dark clouds over the mechanism designated to support the construction of new gas power plants

On 25 November, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) submitted an updated bill regarding the mechanism designated to provide financial support for the construction of new dispatchable power plants (Power…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Germany the government coalition breaks up

On 6 November, Olaf Scholz (SPD) dismissed the Minister of Finance and leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, and announced a snap election. In a statement issued in the evening, he blamed the FDP for breaking up the coalition and announced…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Frymark

An alternative alliance will Germanys extreme right and extreme left parties join forces

Pro-Russian, anti-EU, and anti-American parties – the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the far left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) – have been gaining ground in Germany. In the September elections to the Landtags in Saxony and…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

The FDP presents its demands is this the end of Germanys coalition

On 31 October, Germany’s Minister of Finance and leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, presented a series of demands aimed at revitalising the German economy. The key demands listed in the unveiled document include: tax reductions for…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany milestones in the construction of a gas port in Brunsbüttel

On 26 September, the office for spatial planning in Schleswig-Holstein issued a land development decision to the German LNG Terminal GmbH (GLT), specifying the conditions for the construction of the planned gas port in Brunsbüttel. Earlier…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło

More than just the economy Scholz visits India

The main purpose of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to India from 24 to 26 October was the seventh German-Indian intergovernmental consultations, held under the motto “Growing Together with Innovation, Mobility, and Sustainability”. Scholz…
OSW Report | | Marek Menkiszak

Winning the war with Russia is still possible. The West’s counter-strategy towards Moscow

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine aims to subjugate or destroy Ukraine, overturn the current political and security order in Europe, and fundamentally revise the global order. The conflict is systemic in nature and will continue as…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło

The BSW campaign against US intermediate missile systems and a NATO HQ in Germany

For several months, the far-left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has been waging a campaign challenging the German government's security policy decisions. It aims to halt military support for Ukraine, initiate dialogue with Russia, and…