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Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Chancellor Merkel is urging the federal states to be co-operative in the German energy transformation

The implementation of the key guidelines of the new energy strategy, such as the development of the transmission networks, the construction of small and efficient conventional power plants, and the reduction of subsidies for the solar…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

German companies are withdrawing from nuclear projects in the UK

… investments on hydropower and wind power plants).   Anna Kwiatkowska-Drożdż co-operation Konrad Mazur …
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Witold Rodkiewicz

Merkel and Putins consultation the economy first of all

The 14th German-Russian intergovernmental consultations took place in Moscow on 16 November. The meeting had originally been scheduled for October, but it was delayed due to the ongoing cooling of political relations between Berlin and…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Popławski

Oettinger is criticising the increasing costs of the climate protection policy

On 4 October, the EU commissioner for energy, Gunther Oettinger warned of the excessive costs of climate protection which are leading to deindustrialisation and – as a consequence – to a dramatic fall in industry’s share in the creation…
OSW Commentary | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Mazur

The expensive energy revolution in Germany The implementation of the Energiewende is behind schedule

One year after the events of Fukushima the implementation of the new German energy strategy adopted in the summer of 2011 is being verified.
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Popławski

The fiscal pact is just a stage on the way to amending the treaty

On 8 February at the session of the Commission for European Union, Michael Link (FDP), secretary of state at the Foreign Ministry, acting on behalf of the German government ensured that the fiscal pact agreed on 30 January was still only…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Mazur

Work on the bill regulating shale gas extraction in Germany

The bill is now being consulted at the ministerial level. After that it will be subject to public consultation and a vote at parliament in the first half of 2012. The aim of the bill is to impose stricter regulations concerning the…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

The dismissal of the German minister for the natural environment – Chancellor Angela Merkel goes on the offensive

On 16 May, the German president, Joachim Gauck, acting upon a motion by Chancellor Angela Merkel, dismissed Norbert Roettgen (CDU) from the post of minister for the natural environment of Germany. The justification for the dismissal of…
OSW Report | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk, Konrad Popławski, Anna Kwiatkowska, Piotr Buras

Germanys energy transformation difficult beginnings

… for German policy in the coming years.     Edited by Anna Kwiatkowska-Drożdż Authors: Anna Kwiatkowska-Drożdż, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk, Konrad …