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| Kamil Frymark
During a meeting between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the prime ministers of the Bundesländer in Berlin on 10 May, it was agreed to raise the earmarked subsidy to cover part of the expenses related to refugee policy by €1 billion, to €3.75…
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| Lidia Gibadło
On 9 May, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg as part of the ‘This is Europe’ series of debates, in which heads of government of member states offer their views on the future of the EU. In…
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| Lidia Gibadło, Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 26–27 April, the Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda paid a working visit to Germany. Its highlights were his meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the speech he gave at the Körber Foundation under the title Zeitenwende. The turning…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło
On 22 April, a Russian government plane from Moscow landed in Berlin with a special permit to fly back home on the same day. According to information from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 50 Russian diplomats were expelled from Germany…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
15 April 2023 saw the shutdown of Germany’s three remaining nuclear power plants. This marks the end of Germany’s move away from using this type of energy, which was triggered in 2002 and confirmed in a decision taken in 2011. The policy…
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| Michał Kędzierski
On 31 March 2023, the German Association of Gas Transmission Network Operators (FNB Gas) presented its draft Plan for gas network development in 2022–32 (Netzentwicklungsplan Gas/NEP Gas 2022–2032). The document was published after a delay…
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| Sebastian Płóciennik
On 24 March shares in Deutsche Bank (DB), one of Europe’s largest credit institutions, plunged 14%. The flight by investors sparked speculation about whether the German bank was still on a stable footing, or whether it was in danger of…
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| Kamil Frymark
Violent Anti-Semitic crime has increased in Germany; 88 such cases were recorded last year, compared to 63 in 2021. These were the figures released by the federal interior ministry in late February in response to an enquiry by MPs from Die…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, visited Berlin on 20 and 21 March. He met his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as former President Joachim Gauck and Angela Merkel’s long-…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 17 March, the Bundestag passed an amendment to the electoral law which provides for a reduction in the number of its deputies, from 736 at present to 630 after the 2025 elections. The main element of the reform will lead to the…