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Analyses | | Artur Ciechanowicz

Germany Westerwelle initiates a meeting of the group for the future of the European Union

Nine European ministers of foreign affairs met on 20 March in Berlin upon invitation from their German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle. The  aim of the meeting was to discuss ‘the future of the European Union’, a more efficient operation…
Analyses | | Konrad Popławski

The German Ministry of Finance presents spending plan for the next few years

The German government adopted a draft amendment of this year’s budget and updated its spending plan for 2012–2016. Germany intends to observe the ‘budget brake’ rule, which imposes the obligation to keep the structural deficit at a level…
Analyses | | Konrad Mazur, Konrad Popławski

Large financial losses incurred by German energy companies

Vattenfall (accounting for 89% of electricity produced in Germany) published their financial results for 2011. Vattenfall incurred losses of 2.6 billion euros, for E.ON the losses amounted to 2.2 billion euros. RWE and EnBW also ended…
OSW Commentary | | Konrad Popławski

The fiscal compact – Europes hard core based on German economic conditions

On 2 March, the leaders of 25 EU member states signed the Treaty on stability, coordination and governance in the economic and monetary union. It will introduce new fiscal constraints and officially vest new competences in the eurozone…
Analyses | | Artur Ciechanowicz, Konrad Popławski

The German concept for increasing the economic benefits of globalisation

The German political elite not only continue to support specific actions taken by representatives of business circles but are also adding strategic political concepts to their activity. On the one hand, these concepts are aimed at…
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

Parliamentary supervision of the German governments European policy strengthens

On 27 February, the Bundestag voted for the second aid package for Greece worth 130 billion euros. 496 of the 591 MPs voted in favour of Germany’s participation in the aid package, 90 voted against and 5 abstained from voting. Angela…
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

The candidate for German president as a concession made by Merkel to FDP and the opposition

On 17 February German President Christian Wulff (CDU) handed in his resignation after the prosecutor's office of Lower Saxony had announced it would launch an investigation into accusations of graft in connection with befriended…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Mazur

Work on the bill regulating shale gas extraction in Germany

The bill is now being consulted at the ministerial level. After that it will be subject to public consultation and a vote at parliament in the first half of 2012. The aim of the bill is to impose stricter regulations concerning the…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Raw material partnership between Germany and Kazakhstan

Germany and Kazakhstan entered into a partnership agreement “in the area of raw materials, industry and technology” on 8 February in Berlin. The agreement will enable German firms to explore and produce inter alia rare earth metals in…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Popławski

The fiscal pact is just a stage on the way to amending the treaty

On 8 February at the session of the Commission for European Union, Michael Link (FDP), secretary of state at the Foreign Ministry, acting on behalf of the German government ensured that the fiscal pact agreed on 30 January was still only…