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Analyses |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
In its ruling on 15 November 2023, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has challenged the methods of funding the federal government’s expenditure, thus forcing the coalition parties to seek ways out of this difficult situation.…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
Since 16 October, regular random checks have been carried out at Germany’s borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Controls on the border with Austria, which were temporarily introduced in 2015, have also been extended.…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 10 November the Bundestag adopted an amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, EnWG), a crucial part of which were regulations regarding the planning and approval of the so-called core hydrogen network (Wasserstoff…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski, Sebastian Płóciennik
Germany the Constitutional Court deprives the government of €60 billion earmarked for transformation
On 15 November the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Karlsruhe ruled that the reallocation of the unused debt from the pandemic support measures to the Energy and Climate Fund (currently known as the Climate and Transformation Fund;…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 10 November, the Bundestag passed a law for the first time in history concerning the funding of foundations affiliated to political parties. The regulations received support from all the parliamentary groups except the AfD, whose…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 23 October, Sahra Wagenknecht, the former chairwoman of the Die Linke parliamentary group, announced that a new party would be set up based on the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht–for Reason and Justice (BSW) association which was registered…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Kamil Frymark
On 17 October 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Yitzhak Herzog in Tel Aviv. In a statement to the press, he once again condemned the attack by Hamas, emphasised Germany’s…
OSW Commentary |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
Germany has found itself in a stalemate between its strict budgetary rules and the need to fight the economic crisis, cushion rising energy costs and earmark more funds for public investment. To tackle this challenge, it has decided to…
OSW Commentary |
| OSW team
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the discussion about possible EU enlargement have given new impetus to the EU debate on institutional reforms. It is mainly Germany which has been setting the tone in this debate. For the ruling SPD-…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
In the elections to the Landtags of the German federal states of Hesse and Bavaria, held on 8 October 2023, the Christian Democratic parties, that is the CDU and the CSU, came first. In Hesse, the ruling CDU won 34.6% of the votes (+7.6…