Germany’s governing Social Democrat Party (SPD) has its headquarters in Berlin in the Willy-Brandt-Haus. The website of the building describes it as “not a party castle but an open house, open for political and cultural encounters” (all translations by YS.). This is a clear reference to Willy Brandt’s legendary Ostpolitik – and is used today by those opposing the German ...
The tensions in Germany following the government’s turn around in energy politics are increasing. On August 14, the minister of interior, Nancy Faeser stated in an interview that Germany had “to be prepared for possible attacks on gas terminals”. The minister gave the interview to Bild Am Sonntag, Germany’s most selling newspaper, on past Monday. In the interview, Faeser spoke ...
Russia’s military operation against Ukraine triggered a wave of militarization in many European countries. Increased military spending and investment, discussions on conscription, attempts to join NATO and much more. French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement on June 13, stating that France and Europe had switched to a “war economy”, can be read as the naming of these latest developments. That is the ...
On February 27, 2022, three days after the eruption of conflict in Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a policy statement in the German Parliament. He said “We are living through a watershed era. And that means that the world afterwards will no longer be the same as the world before”. In the Western world, Germany was considered to be ...
Germany’s positioning in the Ukraine conflict has started to shake the basis of the country’s energy supply and economy. The government reacts with intervening into the market economy, including considering expropriations in a new law. “The security of supply in Germany is currently safeguarded” This is – every day until now – the first sentence in the German Federal Network ...
By Tunç Akkoç The new Foreign Minister of Germany has had a quick start to her job. Annalena Baerbock, who flew to Paris on the first evening the day of the oath ceremony, made her first visit to France. Baerbock, who has made six trips in seven days, visited five cities, attended the G7 Foreign Ministers summit and the EU ...
International politics is getting a new definition for an act of aggression: Not using a country a transit space for gas transfers and consequently not paying the according fees. The newly elected Foreign Minister of Germany, Annalena Baerbock presented the argumentation in a recent interview to the German TV channel ZDF. Asked about the operation of the Nord Stream 2 ...
“The traffic lights are on”, said Olaf Scholz, candidate of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and designated Chancellor of the country. As United World International had predicted back in March 2021, Germany is heading to a coalition government of SPD, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), red-green-yellow being the three parties colors. Following the elections September ...
By Tunç Akkoç As far as the leadership race is concerned, Germany has just left behind its probably most suspense general elections. The election results confirmed almost completely the polls that were published in the recent weeks. Still, the 2021 elections have brought about developments that will be much debated in the coming times, leading to political changes in German ...
By Tunç Akkoç Germany is going to elections next Sunday. The general elections of September 26 promise to be one of the most suspense, head-to-head in the history of Germany. Polls show all three major candidates for chancellor very close to each other, and if that wasn’t enough, the recent weeks have seen great changes in the numbers. It is ...