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Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Germany the new face of Die Linke

During its party congress in Potsdam (19–21 June), the Left Party (Die Linke) elected a new leadership team. The incumbent chair, Ines Schwerdtner, was re-elected (receiving 86% of the vote, compared with 80% in 2024) and is expected to…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

European Commission criticises border controls as Germany rules out their swift removal

In an opinion published on 2 June, the European Commission criticised Germany – along with eight other Schengen states, including France, Italy and the Netherlands – for maintaining internal border controls.
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Germany plans to lift permanent border controls with Luxembourg

Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) announced on 29 April that controls at the border with Luxembourg would be lifted at the beginning of May, with enforcement efforts instead focused on the immediate border area. At…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

The SPDs defeat in the Rhineland-Palatinate election will intensify tensions within the German federal government

In the election to the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament (Landtag) held on 22 March, the CDU emerged victorious with 31% of the vote (+3.3 percentage points compared with the 2021 result). The governing SPD came second with 25.9% (–9.8…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Germany the Greens win the Baden-Württemberg state election

On 8 March, the Greens, who have governed Baden-Württemberg since 2011, won the election to the state parliament (Landtag) with 30.2% of the vote (2.4 percentage points down from their 2021 result). The Christian Democratic Union (CDU),…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark, Michał Kędzierski

Germany new law on the protection of critical infrastructure

On 29 January, with the votes of the CDU/CSU–SPD coalition and the opposition AfD, the Bundestag adopted a framework law on the protection of critical infrastructure (the KRITIS umbrella law), implementing the EU CER Directive on the…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Consequences of the Berlin blackout

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 | | Kamil Frymark

Germany is cutting benefits for refugees from Ukraine

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, Kamil Frymark

German soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine a test of public support

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 providing…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Germany dispute over the election of Federal Constitutional Court justices

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…