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Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

Back to discipline How Germany views the reform of EU budgetary rules

One of the topics to be discussed at the European Council on 23–24 March 2023 is the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), a system of rules aimed at maintaining the fiscal discipline of EU member states. These rules have for…
Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

The European Green Deal Industrial Plan is Germany ready to accept more interventionism

The Green Deal Industrial Plan (GDIP), an economic support programme aimed at stepping up the energy and technological transformation in Europe, was presented by the European Commission in early February. It is assumed that the…
Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

The German dilemma Berlins response to the trade conflict with the USA

In August, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), one of the largest initiatives of this kind in recent years. Its name emphasises the importance of fighting inflation. The financing of investments in low-emission…
Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

Germany dispute over benefits rules for the long-term unemployed

The German government has proposed reforming the support for the long-term unemployed – currently known as “unemployment benefit II” (Arbeitslosengeld II) or Hartz IV. The new system, which is scheduled to take effect in early 2023, will…
Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

Selling shares in the Hamburg terminal Scholz does not want a clash with China

The ruling coalition in Germany, which has been struggling in recent months with the dilemma of how to combat the energy crisis while supporting Ukraine, now finds itself in another dispute. It concerns plans by the Chinese shipping…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Sebastian Płóciennik

Germany is fighting an energy war €200 billion will be spent on dealing with high energy prices

In a joint statement on 29 September Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced that a financial ‘umbrella’ of up to €200 billion will be created for interventions on the energy…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Sebastian Płóciennik, Kamil Frymark

Germany third relief package for the energy crisis

On September 14, the German government began deploying the third relief package – it passed a bill to introduce a Citizens’ Basic Income (Bürgergeld), which will replace a benefit for the long-term unemployed within the Hartz IV system (…
Analyses | | Sebastian Płóciennik

The limits of integration Germany is a brake on the finalisation of the banking union

Due to the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and high inflation, the need to consolidate and strengthen anti-crisis tools in the eurozone is growing. An opportunity for this came at the beginning of May, when the head of the Eurogroup, Paschal…