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| Rafał Bajczuk
On 28 August, the Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States presented a report entitled ‘The impact of the energy transformation on eastern Germany’. This report suggests that the new federal states are of special…
Analyses |
| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
The debate between Angela Merkel (CDU) and Peer Steinbruck (SPD) was aired on TV on 1 September. This was the first direct confrontation of the major candidates for German chancellor ahead of the election to the Bundestag scheduled for 22…
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
Over the past few days, the SPD has intensified its attacks on the policy adopted by Chancellor Angela Merkel for dealing with the eurozone crisis. The direct pretext for these attacks emerged during an election rally on 21 August, when…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
If the USA and its European allies decide to intervene without a UNSC mandate, Germany will probably not take part in the operation. On the level of rhetoric, it may claim that the intervention is contrary to international law, but it may…
Analyses |
| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
The telecommunication surveillance in Germany launched by the US National Security Agency, the NSA, is still fuelling controversy. It has put the German government and the chancellor herself in an embarrassing situation, and the opposition…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
On 27 June, Ireland, then holding the presidency of the Council of the EU, decided to postpone the vote on carbon emission limits for cars due to pressure from Germany. The vote was postponed following a personal intervention from…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
Barack Obama’s first official visit as US president to Berlin (19-20 June) is being seen as representing a desire to strengthen relations with Europe, and an indication that Germany is the US’s most important partner in the euro area.
Analyses |
| Rafał Bajczuk
The largest German energy company E.ON, through its subsidiary E.ON Global Commodities has signed a contract with the Canadian company Pieridae Energy for the purchase of 6.5 billion m3 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 20 years…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
On 26 May, the Chinese prime minister, Li Keqiang met with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel in Berlin. Germany was the only EU member state which Li visited during his first foreign trip. Chancellor Merkel promised that Germany would…
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
Numerous signs have been seen over the past month proving that the German government is ready to ease the radical austerity policy in the eurozone’s most indebted member states. The campaign ahead of the elections to the Bundestag…