Tag: Germany

Transforming German society (Michael Davies-Venn, Social Europe)

The new government in Berlin is championing change which will reshape the global image of Germany and Germans, according to the coalition agreement. Decades after the...

French and German approaches to Russia: What do they mean for EU policy? (Chatham House)

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, France and Germany have been among the biggest supporters of engagement with Russia within the European Union...

Germany must build fiscal reserves for next crisis – Scholz (Christian Kraemer and Michael Nienaber, Reuters)

Fighting the coronavirus pandemic is the biggest challenge for Germany's new government and Berlin must create fiscal reserves now to be prepared for the...

Scholz takes over as German chancellor, ending Merkel era (Michael Nienaber, Reuters)

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz was sworn in as German chancellor on Wednesday, ending Angela Merkel's 16 years of conservative rule and paving the way...

Berlin Dismisses Tehran’s Proposals On Nuclear Talks As Unacceptable (RFE RL)

Germany's Foreign Ministry has said that it does not consider Iran's proposals regarding its nuclear program acceptable and expects Tehran to return to international...

Germany’s Free Democrats back coalition agreement (Reuters)

Members of Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) voted on Sunday by a large majority to back a coalition agreement with the Social Democrats (SPD)...

Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

While Kyiv, Berlin and Paris pursue (with varying degrees of intensity, frantically in Kyiv’s case) a high-level “Normandy” meeting as a goal for its...

Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian diplomacy is testing its rogue-state practices on its Western diplomatic counterparts, and finds them malleable. On November 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

Robert Habeck: Germany’s new super minister on the block (Nikolaus J. Kurmayer, Euractiv)

Berlin has a new strongman: the Greens’ co-chief and future vice chancellor Robert Habeck, whose pragmatism and track record in Schleswig-Holstein looks tailor-made to...

Classified document sheds light on US-Germany Nord Stream 2 conciliation effort (Georgi Gotev, Euractiv)

A classified document which was made public reveals how Berlin is working with Washington to avoid US sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Germany...

Incoming German government commits to NATO nuclear deterrent (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

Germany’s incoming government has affirmed its commitment to NATO’s nuclear deterrent, including the role accorded to Berlin in the strategy, according to a coalition...

German parties agree on 2030 coal phase-out in coalition talks -sources (Markus Wacket, Reuters)

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats, who are negotiating to form a new government, have agreed to commit to a coal phase-out...

The revenge of the Scholzomat (Marcus Colla, The Interpreter)

“Today is essentially Christmas and a birthday in one for you, and yet you seem about as euphoric as an English butler at teatime,”...

Australia, Germany commit $90 mln to fund hydrogen projects (Reuters)

Australia and Germany plan to spend around $90 million to fund hydrogen projects as part of a joint push to speed up development of...

Why has Germany halted Nord Stream 2? (Al Jazeera)

Germany’s energy regulator suspended approval of the Nord Stream 2 on Tuesday. To operate the German part of the pipeline, it wants the Russian company behind...

Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy (Katrin Kamin, Kerstin Bernoth, Jacqueline Dombrowski, Gabriel Fel belmayr, Marcel Fratzscher, Mia Hoffmann, Sebastian Horn, Karsten Neuhoff,...

The separation of security and economic objectives in foreign policy, which was often sought in international political issues in the past, has outlived its...