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Analyses | | Kamil Frymark, Anna Kwiatkowska

Berlin Above all dialogue

The German government sees its role in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over Crimea as that of a liaison in maintaining dialogue between Russia and the West.
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk, Konrad Popławski, Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark, Rafał Bajczuk

Coalition agreement in Germany – a continuation with clear adjustments

Since the differences in the political manifestos of the CDU/CSU and SPD are constantly reducing, the grand coalition is very likely to operate smoothly until the end of its term.
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

Tough coalition talks after German elections

The parliamentary election on 22 September ended in spectacular victory for the Christian Democrats, who would have gained an outright majority had they won only five more seats. To form a government, they will have to enter into tough…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Witold Rodkiewicz

Merkel and Putins consultation the economy first of all

The 14th German-Russian intergovernmental consultations took place in Moscow on 16 November. The meeting had originally been scheduled for October, but it was delayed due to the ongoing cooling of political relations between Berlin and…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Popławski

Oettinger is criticising the increasing costs of the climate protection policy

On 4 October, the EU commissioner for energy, Gunther Oettinger warned of the excessive costs of climate protection which are leading to deindustrialisation and – as a consequence – to a dramatic fall in industry’s share in the creation…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Chancellor Merkel is urging the federal states to be co-operative in the German energy transformation

The implementation of the key guidelines of the new energy strategy, such as the development of the transmission networks, the construction of small and efficient conventional power plants, and the reduction of subsidies for the solar…
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 | | Tadeusz Iwański, Anna Kwiatkowska, Rafał Sadowski

The crisis in EUUkraine relations surrounding Tymoshenko

The stakes in the political conflict between the EU and Ukraine over Yulia Tymoshenko are the future of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), and thus the whole of the EU’s eastern dimension as a tool for the progressive, sectoral integration…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

German companies are withdrawing from nuclear projects in the UK

On 29 March the heads of the two largest German energy companies - E.ON and RWE announced that the companies were withdrawing from plans to construct nuclear power plants in the UK. The managements of the two companies have justified…
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…