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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, Konrad Popławski

Germany is taking over the initiative in reforming the eurozone

Germany’s stance on the reform of the eurozone has been evolving for some time and reaches far beyond its initial appeal for reinforcing the Stability and Growth Pact. Firstly, Chancellor Angela Merkel approved the French proposal for…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

Tough coalition talks after German elections

The parliamentary election on 22 September ended in spectacular victory for the Christian Democrats, who would have gained an outright majority had they won only five more seats. To form a government, they will have to enter into…
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…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Krzysztof Strachota, Mateusz Chudziak

The Ankara-Berlin pact how to stop the migration crisis

The current dialogue has radically changed the nature of the relationship between the EU and Turkey, and significantly raises the status of Turkey itself.
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański, Anna Kwiatkowska, Rafał Sadowski

The crisis in EUUkraine relations surrounding Tymoshenko

The stakes in the political conflict between the EU and Ukraine over Yulia Tymoshenko are the future of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), and thus the whole of the EU’s eastern dimension as a tool for the progressive, sectoral integration…
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk, Konrad Popławski, Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark, Rafał Bajczuk

Coalition agreement in Germany – a continuation with clear adjustments

Since the differences in the political manifestos of the CDU/CSU and SPD are constantly reducing, the grand coalition is very likely to operate smoothly until the end of its term.