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On 20 June, Ukraine and China signed a declaration of their strategic partnership and signed contracts totalling approximately US$3.5 billion in value. This was a result of a visit by the President of the People’s Republic of China Hu…
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On 24 June, talks between Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Serzh Sargsian of Armenia concerning the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, conducted under Russian auspices in Kazan, ended in failure. The lack of progress in…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk
While the contract of sale of the French ships to Russia – which has been commented on by the press worldwide from the very beginning – is mainly of political significance and bears no significant impact on the condition of the Russian…
Analyses |
During a meeting in Prague on 23 June, the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, David Cameron and Petr Nečas, stated they did not want the EU’s budget for 2014–2020 to be increased and appealed for a concentration…
Analyses |
The launch of a special grant facility to support the Eastern Partnership as part of the International Visegrad Fund was agreed on 16 June during the summit meeting of the Visegrad Group prime ministers in Bratislava. However, this…
Analyses |
On 22 June, RWE and E.ON contested the law imposing the obligation to pay the tax on nuclear fuel at the Federal Constitutional Court, claiming it was contrary to the German constitution and European law. A day earlier, RWE also brought a…
Analyses |
On 27 June, the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) appealed to the government led by Petr Nečas to give up its efforts for the approval of the Czech Republic’s opt-out from the validity of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights…
Analyses |
| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
The first conference devoted to the prevention of Islamic radicalism was held on 24 June upon the initiative of the Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU). The meeting, along with representatives of the state administration and…
OSW Commentary |
| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
The largest and most popular parties so far – the CDU and the SPD – are losing the voters' confidence and support, whereas the parties associated with protest movements are gaining prominence. Moreover, the German political scene is…
OSW Commentary |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
Since 2010 we have observed a new quality in EU energy policy. It is related to the European Commission’s more or less direct engagement in the bilateral gas relations of a part of the new member states – Poland, Bulgaria and Lithuania –…