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Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany nationalisation of Gazproms gas assets

On 14 November the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) issued an order concerning the nationalisation of Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE), a company which concentrates Gazprom’s gas assets in Germany, and…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany Nuclear phase-out postponed for three and a half months

On 11 November the Bundestag adopted a draft amendment to the nuclear law (Atomgesetz) which allows the three nuclear power plants still in operation in Germany (Emsland, Neckarwestheim 2 and Isar 2) to continue operating until 15 April…
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 | | Kamil Frymark

Partial rerun of the Bundestag elections

On 10 November, the Bundestag passed a resolution ordering a partial rerun of the 26 September, 2021 parliamentary elections. It was limited to 431 (of about 2,100) polling stations in Berlin, where significant irregularities occurred…
OSW Commentary | | Michał Bogusz

China after the 20th CCP Congress a new stage in Xi Jinpings revolution

The 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ended with the complete triumph of Xi Jinping and marks the culmination of a process of radical overhaul of the political system created in the 1980s and 1990s. It marks not only the…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz, Lidia Gibadło

Cooperation in spite of everything Scholzs visit to China

On 4 November, Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Beijing, where he met with Chairman of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Scholz was accompanied by representatives of German companies, including…