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| Kamil Frymark
On 3 January, there was an attack on the power grid in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, one of Berlin’s southern districts. Following the arson of a cable bridge, around 45,000 households – approximately 100,000 people – and over 2,200 businesses lost…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Kozaczyńska
According to a report by the German Economic Institute in Cologne (IW Köln), in the first three quarters of 2025 Germany’s exports of goods and services increased by 0.25% year on year, despite a decline in sales to its two most important…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Anna Kwiatkowska
In the first week of December, Chancellor Friedrich Merz undertook a two-day visit to Jordan and Israel – his first since assuming office. In Jordan, he met King Abdullah II, to whom he expressed support for a two-state solution to the…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Jacek Tarociński
On 5 December, the Bundestag passed a law reforming military service. From 2026, the new regulations will require male German citizens residing in Germany who have reached the age of 18 to complete a questionnaire, including questions…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Kozaczyńska
The federal budget for 2026, adopted by the Bundestag, envisages expenditure of €524.5 billion – €21.5 billion more than in 2025 (see ‘Germany’s budget: increased investment and debt’) – made possible by further increases in borrowing,…
Analyses |
| Michał Bogusz, Lidia Gibadło, Aleksandra Kozaczyńska
In the second half of November, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) became the first politician from the current CDU/CSU-SPD government to visit China and Singapore. In Beijing, accompanied by representatives of…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 21 November, the Bundesrat approved an amendment to the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act (Kohlendioxid-Speicherungsgesetz), previously passed by the Bundestag, which establishes a legal framework for developing infrastructure to deploy carbon…
Analyses |
| Marek Menkiszak, Justyna Gotkowska, Tadeusz Iwański
The 28-point peace plan that President Volodymyr Zelensky received in Kyiv from the US Secretary of the Army, Daniel Driscoll, on 20 November has reactivated diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The document most likely…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 19 November, the German government adopted a draft amendment to the Act on the Adjustment of Social Benefits Regulations (Leistungsrechtsanpassungsgesetz), changing the rules for supporting refugees from Ukraine. Those arriving in…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Karol Wasilewski
On 30 October, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid his first visit to Ankara since taking office. During a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he highlighted Turkey’s important role at a time when global powers…