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Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Kamil Frymark
Following a meeting of European leaders with Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump in Washington (see ‘Washington summit: a tactical success for Ukraine’), Friedrich Merz declared Germany’s readiness to participate in
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
During the Bundestag’s final session before the summer recess, MPs failed to elect three justices to the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG). The vote was postponed until autumn after the SPD’s candidate, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, did not…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
At the extraordinary SPD congress in Berlin (27–29 June), the party elected new leadership. Lars Klingbeil – Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance – assumed the role of co-leader for the third time. Although he ran unopposed, he…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 2 June, the administrative court in Berlin ruled that the return of three Somali nationals – who had been sent back from Frankfurt (Oder) to Poland in early May after expressing their intention to seek asylum in Germany – was unlawful.…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 6 May, in the second round of voting, the Bundestag elected Friedrich Merz (CDU) Germany’s Chancellor, with the support of 325 out of 630 MPs. The repeated vote was necessary, as for the first time in German history a chancellor…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 2 May, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) officially designated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a far-right extremist party, following a four-year review process. In its statement, the BfV highlighted…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Frymark
In 2024, a total of 230,000 first-time asylum applications were submitted in Germany – a 30% decrease compared to 2023. This trend deepened in Q1 2025, when 36,000 applications were lodged, representing a year-on-year drop of 45%. The most…