Tag: Germany

Merkel ‘Farewell Tour’ Takes Her to Ukraine, With Pipeline, Crimea On Agenda (RFE RL)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Ukraine on August 22, two days after holding talks in Moscow with Vladimir Putin, the leader of Kyiv's...

Merkel Makes Farewell Trip To Meet Putin Amid ‘Deep Disagreements’ (RFE/RL)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a long list of contentious topics to discuss during Merkel's last official visit to...

On Poisoning Anniversary, Merkel Urges Putin To Release Navalny, Britain Sanctions More Russians (RFE/RL)

On the anniversary of Aleksei Navalny’s poisoning, Britain and the United States imposed targeted sanctions on Russian intelligence operatives as German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

Germany/Afghanistan – Germany’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan puts its Security Policy Back at Square One (Global Policy)

Image: Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) On 29 June 2021, a press release announcing that the last German soldiers were leaving Afghanistan coincided with the German team leaving the confusingly...

Germany – Germany’s Homegrown Q Menace (Project-Syndicate)

HELMUT K. ANHEIER On August 1, 2020, about 30,000 people gathered in Berlin to protest against COVID-19 lockdown measures. Although the event, organized by the Stuttgart-based Querdenker...

Germany – “None of the above?”: Germany’s eminently resistible chancellor candidates have escaped the hardships of previous leaders (Brookings)

Constanze Stelzenmüller writes: It’s August, and the living ought to be easy. But Germany votes in eight weeks, and all three candidates vying to...

Israel/Germany/Defense – Elta and Hensoldt team up for German ballistic missile defense radar (Defense News)

Seth J. Frantzman writes: Germany’s Hensoldt has won a contract to supply new radars to the country’s military, according to a July 26 statement...

Germany – Merkel and beyond (The Interpreter)

JAN BIELICKI writes: She was wading through debris left by catastrophic floods in the west of Germany. Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel had, last week,...

Germany – ifo Employment Barometer Down (July 2021) (Ifo)

Ifo writes: German companies are slowing their plans to hire new staff somewhat. The ifo Employment Barometer fell to 102.4 points in July, down...

Germany – ifo Export Expectations Fall Slightly (July 2021) (Ifo Institute)

Ifo writes: Sentiment among German exporters has worsened somewhat, with the ifo Export Expectations in manufacturing falling to 24.5 points, down from 25.0 points...

Germany – ifo Index Declines (July 2021) (Ifo Institute)

Ifo Institute writes: Sentiment in the German economy has clouded over. The ifo Business Climate Index for Germany fell to 100.8 points in July,...

Nord Stream 2. Merkel ha sacrificato il dialogo Ue-Russia? (Formiche)

Gabriele Carrer writes for Formiche: Per essere un progetto privato, la Germania ha investito molto capitale politico nel Nord Stream 2. Tanto che il...

(Germany) Preparing for curtain calls, Merkel too busy to think about life after office (Euractiv, Reuters)

Euractiv writes: Germany’s Angela Merkel made clear on Thursday (22 July) she would keep working on issues such as climate change till her last...

(Europe/Germany) Half of Europeans vaccinated as Germany warns on rising virus cases (Euractiv)

Euractiv writes: More than half of all European adults are now fully vaccinated, the EU said on Thursday (22 July), as countries across Europe...

(Germany/USA) Germany’s humanitarian identity is at a formative moment. As a donor, it is increasingly influential, having overtaken the United Kingdom as the second...

Jacob Kurtzer and John Goodrick write for CSIS: Germany’s humanitarian identity is at a formative moment. As a donor, it is increasingly influential, having...

(USA/Germany) Western allies vs China? The US-Germany relationship

Jacqueline Feldscher writes for Defense One: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House on Thursday could be one of the last chances...