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Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

SPD wins in Lower Saxony

On 9 October, the SPD won the Lower Saxony (population of 8 million) parliamentary election. The party has the federal state’s incumbent Minister-President Stephan Weil, and won 33.4% of the vote (3.5 points down on the previous election…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Sebastian Płóciennik

Germany is fighting an energy war €200 billion will be spent on dealing with high energy prices

In a joint statement on 29 September Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced that a financial ‘umbrella’ of up to €200 billion will be created for interventions on the energy…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Michał Kędzierski

Chancellor Scholzs gas-related visit to the Arabian Peninsula

On 24–25 September, Olaf Scholz visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In Jeddah, he met with heir to the throne Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. They discussed energy and economic cooperation, particularly hydrogen…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany nationalisation of Uniper

On 21 September 2022, Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Greens) presented the details of a new rescue plan for the Uniper energy company. Pursuant to an agreement with its largest stakeholder,…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany the state takes control of Rosnefts assets

On 16 September, the German government announced that Rosneft Deutschland (RND) and RN Refining & Marketing (RNRM), which are owned by the Russian company Rosneft, would be placed under the trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency (…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Sebastian Płóciennik, Kamil Frymark

Germany third relief package for the energy crisis

On September 14, the German government began deploying the third relief package – it passed a bill to introduce a Citizens’ Basic Income (Bürgergeld), which will replace a benefit for the long-term unemployed within the Hartz IV system (…
Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

The limits of integration Germany is a brake on the finalisation of the banking union

Due to the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and high inflation, the need to consolidate and strengthen anti-crisis tools in the eurozone is growing. An opportunity for this came at the beginning of May, when the head of the Eurogroup, Paschal…
OSW Commentary | | Michał Kędzierski

An abundance of gas ports The emergency diversification of gas supplies in Germany

The LNG terminal projects planned so far in Germany could not be implemented due to unfavourable regulatory and market conditions. The ability to opt for cheaper Russian gas, imported via pipelines, was one of the main obstacles since the…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany legal grounds for taking control of the Schwedt refinery

On 12 May, the Bundestag voted through an amendment to the Act on ensuring the energy supply (Energiesicherungsgesetz). This significantly increases the scope for state interference in the activities of companies managing Germany's…
OSW Commentary | | Sebastian Płóciennik

Germany and the crisis of globalisation adjustment strategies

Germany is among the biggest beneficiaries of the global economic system based on free trade and on cross-border organisation of production. However, the functioning of this system has been recently disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic,…