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OSW Commentary | | Kamil Frymark, Lidia Gibadło

Elections to the European Parliament the beginning of an electoral marathon in Germany

For German politicians, the European Parliament (EP) election is the most important test of voting intentions ahead of the regional elections in eastern federal states planned for this autumn and the elections to the Bundestag in 2025.…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Paulina Uznańska

De-risking can wait Scholzs visit to China

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) went on a three-day visit to China on 14–16 April. He met the Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing; he also visited Chongqing, an important automotive production hub, as…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Justyna Gotkowska

Plan for restructuring the Bundeswehr

During a press conference on 4 April, Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) unveiled a plan for restructuring the Bundeswehr. The proposals mainly involve structural modifications and are intended to boost the German Armed…
OSW Commentary | | Lidia Gibadło

Facing another Zeitenwende How Germany could react to a possible victory for Trump

The news that Donald Trump is almost certain to be the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee has sparked a debate in Germany about the country’s future cooperation with the US. At present, concern about sustaining American…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark, Lidia Gibadło

The party of peace the SPD is sending signals about the freezing of the war in Ukraine

On 14 March, the Bundestag once again rejected the motion tabled by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group to approve a decision to transfer Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv. During the discussion regarding this issue, the head of the…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło

Russia is wiretapping the Bundeswehr

On 1 March, Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the Russian broadcaster RT, released a recording from a video conference involving four high-ranking German officers, including the Luftwaffe inspector General Ingo Gerhartz. The…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło

An attempt to break the deadlock Scholz visits Washington

During his working visit to Washington on 8–9 February, Chancellor Olaf Scholz met President Joe Biden, Republican and Democratic Party senators, as well as representatives of US companies (including Mastercard, Pfizer and Excelerate…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło

Germany boosts its funding for military support to Ukraine

According to the coalition government’s compromise on the 2024 budget (see ‘Germany: the budget crisis has been resolved’), Germany will raise its funding for military aid to Ukraine from the planned €4 billion to €8 billion in the coming…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Kamil Frymark

Germanys reaction to Hamass attack on Israel

On 17 October 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Yitzhak Herzog in Tel Aviv. In a statement to the press, he once again condemned the attack by Hamas, emphasised Germany’s…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Marcin Popławski

The Central Asian Five in Berlin time for a strategic partnership

The first leaders’ summit in the Central Asia-Federal Republic of Germany (C5+RFN) format took place in Berlin on 29 September. The five leaders of the region met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, both as a…