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| Kamil Frymark
On 20 September, the AfD won the election to the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MVP), securing 38.2% of the vote (+21.5 percentage points compared with the 2021 result) and 32 seats in the 71-seat parliament. It…
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| Jacek Tarociński, Lidia Gibadło
On 16 September, during a visit to the Pentagon, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) and his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, signed a declaration on closer cooperation between the two countries’ defence industries and the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
The AfD won the parliamentary election in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, securing 43.8% of the vote – 23 percentage points more than in 2021. This gave the party 39 seats in the 83-seat Landtag. The CDU, which had previously led the state…
Analyses |
| Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark
On 1 September, the German government for the first time attributed the attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on 4 August to Russia (see ‘Armed drone found at Leipzig Airport’) and announced a series of retaliatory measures.
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 5 August, Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that staff at Leipzig/Halle Airport had discovered a drone carrying explosives and a detonator. The device was found in the immediate vicinity of a Ukrainian Antonov…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Maślanka, Jacek Tarociński
On 17 July, Nörvenich Air Base in Germany hosted a meeting of the Franco-German Defence and Security Council, co-chaired by President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The meeting took place ahead of the joint session of the…
Analyses |
| Piotr Szymański
At the NATO summit in Ankara (7–8 July), Europe and Canada presented President Donald Trump with a significant increase in defence spending, new military procurements and industrial investments. They also expressed their readiness to…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Kozaczyńska
On 2 July, Germany’s federal government agreed on a long-anticipated reform package entitled the Programme for Economic Recovery and Employment. The package comprises 34 measures aimed at stabilising the social security system, reducing…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
At the AfD party congress held in Erfurt on 4–5 July, approximately 600 delegates elected the party’s leadership. Alice Weidel (81.3% of the vote, up from 79.8% in 2024) and Tino Chrupalla (70%, down from 82.7% in 2024) were re-elected as…
Analyses |
| Piotr Szymański
In 2026, changes in transatlantic relations ushered NATO into a period of restructuring. As part of the US concept of NATO 3.0, Washington announced a significant reduction in its military contribution to NATO’s defence plans for Europe in…