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Analyses |
| Tadeusz Iwański, Marek Menkiszak, Łukasz Maślanka
On 7 June, the leaders of the E3 countries – President Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Prime Minister Keir Starmer – met President Volodymyr Zelensky in London to coordinate further support for Ukraine and discuss the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
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.
OSW Report |
| Piotr Szymański, Jacek Tarociński
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I. Security-related cooperation platforms in the Baltic Sea region
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Frymark, Lidia Gibadło
One year after the CDU/CSU–SPD coalition took office, the continuation of civilian and military support for Kyiv remains one of the principal directions of German foreign policy.
Analyses |
| Jacek Tarociński, Andrzej Kohut, Lidia Gibadło
On 1 May, a spokesperson for the Pentagon announced that the Secretary of Defence (War) had decided to reduce the US military presence in Germany by around 5,000 troops over the next 6 to 12 months, without providing further details.
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
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 |
| Justyna Gotkowska, Lidia Gibadło
On 22 April, Germany’s Ministry of Defence published a public summary of two classified documents: the Military Strategy and the Bundeswehr Capability Profile. The first outlines Germany’s security environment, the nature of contemporary…
Analyses |
| Lidia Gibadło, Kacper Sienicki
On 14 April in Berlin, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Volodymyr Zelensky took part in the first Germany–Ukraine intergovernmental consultations in over 20 years. The Ukrainian president was accompanied by six ministers responsible…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
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 |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 5 March, the United States decided to indefinitely exempt the two companies registered in Germany, Rosneft Deutschland (RND) and RN Refining & Marketing (RNRM), from US sanctions imposed on Russian oil companies last October (see ‘…