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Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 12 April, the Bundestag enacted a law which facilitates the procedure for modifying one’s gender in official registers. Starting from 1 November, transgender and intersex individuals, as well as those who identify themselves as neither…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Paulina Uznańska
Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) went on a three-day visit to China on 14–16 April. He met the Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing; he also visited Chongqing, an important automotive production hub, as…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Justyna Gotkowska
During a press conference on 4 April, Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) unveiled a plan for restructuring the Bundeswehr. The proposals mainly involve structural modifications and are intended to boost the German Armed…
OSW Commentary |
| Lidia Gibadło
The news that Donald Trump is almost certain to be the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee has sparked a debate in Germany about the country’s future cooperation with the US. At present, concern about sustaining American…
OSW Commentary |
| Michał Kędzierski
Germany has launched the implementation of a new, innovative programme to support the decarbonisation of its energy-intensive industries. The use of the so-called carbon contracts for difference will, for the first time, make it possible…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark, Lidia Gibadło
On 14 March, the Bundestag once again rejected the motion tabled by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group to approve a decision to transfer Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv. During the discussion regarding this issue, the head of the…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Frymark, Anna Kwiatkowska
Commissioned by the German state, a German-Polish House is to be built in Berlin. This concept is the result of a debate lasting several years about whether it would be legitimate for the German capital to see the creation of a monument to…
OSW Commentary |
| Michał Kędzierski
The German electric car market has seen a rapid growth over the past few years, with the country becoming the undisputed electromobility leader in Europe. This success has largely been possible thanks to generous subsidies for electric…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 7 March, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) announced a third extension of the trusteeship over Rosneft Deutschland (RND) and RN Refining & Marketing (RNRM), this time until 10 September.
Analyses |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
The continuing stagnation in Germany raises concerns about a permanent weakening of the economy’s competitiveness and erosion of the prosperity that has been achieved over the past few decades. However, it is not a foregone conclusion that…