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OSW Commentary | | Kamil Frymark, Anna Kwiatkowska

A German house Controversy over commemoration of the Polish victims of the Second World War

Commissioned by the German state, a German-Polish House is to be built in Berlin. This concept is the result of a debate lasting several years about whether it would be legitimate for the German capital to see the creation of a monument to…
OSW Report | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark, Michał Kędzierski, Lidia Gibadło, Sebastian Płóciennik, Justyna Gotkowska

Making up for lost time. Germany in the era of the Zeitenwende

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OSW Commentary | | Anna Kwiatkowska

The German perfect model on credit

Germany is slowly recovering from the shock caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has defined the processes that will help it to revise what had once appeared to be the perfect model of policy making and doing business. So far, it…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Germany radically revises its policy towards Russia

Germany has decided to radically revise its policy towards Russia. The government of Olaf Scholz has suspended the certification process of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, agreed to the exclusion of selected Russian banks from the SWIFT…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

More continuity than change Germanys response to Russian demands and the future of NS2

Germany's response to Russian demands for a revision of the European security order and for Russia to be guaranteed a sphere of influence in the post-Soviet area has been inconsistent and overcautious. So far, it in no way resembles the…
Point of View | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Cinderella became the Empress. How Merkel has changed Germany

Angela Merkel is the first woman to climb to the top of German politics. Step by step, to the surprise of her male rivals inside the party, she took over the leadership on the political scene of Germany, and then of the European Union.…
Point of View | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Strangers like us. Germans in the search for a new identity

The decision to leave the borders open, the influx of more than one million people to Germany and the resulting migration crisis in late 2015 and early 2016 were formative experiences for the current political class in Germany and have…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Kramp-Karrenbauer to lead the CDU

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) elected a new party leader during its party congress in Hamburg. The new leader is Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (often known by her initials, AKK), who won the votes of 517 delegates, beating Friedrich…
Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz, Anna Kwiatkowska

Putin meets Merkel in Meseberg

On 18 August, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting at the castle in Meseberg near Berlin.
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark, Anna Kwiatkowska

Serious clash between CDU and CSU on migration policy European implications

Angela Merkel’s government finds itself in its deepest crisis since she became Chancellor in 2005.