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Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
On 27 June, Ireland, then holding the presidency of the Council of the EU, decided to postpone the vote on carbon emission limits for cars due to pressure from Germany. The vote was postponed following a personal intervention from…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
Barack Obama’s first official visit as US president to Berlin (19-20 June) is being seen as representing a desire to strengthen relations with Europe, and an indication that Germany is the US’s most important partner in the euro area.
Analyses |
| Rafał Bajczuk
The largest German energy company E.ON, through its subsidiary E.ON Global Commodities has signed a contract with the Canadian company Pieridae Energy for the purchase of 6.5 billion m3 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 20 years…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
On 26 May, the Chinese prime minister, Li Keqiang met with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel in Berlin. Germany was the only EU member state which Li visited during his first foreign trip. Chancellor Merkel promised that Germany would…
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
Numerous signs have been seen over the past month proving that the German government is ready to ease the radical austerity policy in the eurozone’s most indebted member states. The campaign ahead of the elections to the Bundestag…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
On 14 May, the German Ministry of Defence announced it would be withdrawing from the planned purchased of the Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles. Germany abandoning one of its largest armament programmes has turned into an unprecedented…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
The Liberal party, the FDP (a partner of the CDU/CSU in the coalition government led by Angela Merkel), ended its congress in Nuremberg on 5 May. The congress settled the party’s manifesto to be presented ahead of the election to the…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
On 11 April in Berlin the second German-Indian intergovernmental consultations were held. The talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were dominated by economic issues. Germany and India want to accelerate…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
At the convention of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) held on 14 April the party's manifesto for the September election for the Bundestag was adopted. The main points in the manifesto are the EU and energy and social issues.…
OSW Commentary |
| Justyna Gotkowska
From German point of view, air and missile defence systems are of little relevance for the protection of Germany’s territory. However, they are seen as important for conducting ‘out of area’ operations, providing military assistance to…