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OSW Report | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk, Konrad Popławski, Anna Kwiatkowska, Piotr Buras

Germanys energy transformation difficult beginnings

Zainicjowana  w maju 2011 roku, kilka miesięcy po awarii elektrowni atomowej w Fukushimie transformacja energetyczna RFN przedstawiana jest jako decyzja ostateczna, a ze względu na narzucone tempo zmian stanowi nową jakość w strategii…
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

The head of Germanys counterintelligence has resigned

On 2 July, Heinz Fromm handed in his resignation from the post of the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). Two days later, the head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Thuringia was…
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

The Federal Constitutional Court is becoming an increasingly important actor in Germanys European policy

On 21 June German President Joachim Gauck’s spokesman announced that the president would refrain from signing laws ratifying the treaties on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the fiscal compact. Both documents will be subject to…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

The dismissal of the German minister for the natural environment – Chancellor Angela Merkel goes on the offensive

On 16 May, the German president, Joachim Gauck, acting upon a motion by Chancellor Angela Merkel, dismissed Norbert Roettgen (CDU) from the post of minister for the natural environment of Germany. The justification for the dismissal of…
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 | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

Germany evaluates its integration policy positively

On 12 January, Maria Böhmer, the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, presented a report on the degree of integration of foreigners into German society. The authors checked the progress in the…
OSW Commentary | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region from Germanys perspective

Germany had a positive approach to the strategy right from planning stage. This project contributed to the continuation of Germany’s co-operation with the countries in this region, which has been conducted since the mid 1980s mainly by…