As German coalition agreement is sealed off, an important smallprint to read is the one about Berlin’s relations with two of its neighbours – France and Poland.
Can the European Union regain the global lead on climate policy? Yes, but not without natural gas.
For the last decade, Poland and Turkey have experienced impressive rates of growth and gained a widespread reputation as emerging points of gravity: both in economic and political terms.
In recent years, energy security and with it energy policy have become, among other, top priorities of Poland.
Poland and Turkey belong to a group of few European countries for which the post-Soviet area is of strategic importance
In the early 1990s, Russia had a monopolistic position in the post-Soviet region. Now, the game of ‘post-Soviet chess’ is being played by several parties.
Strategising has gone missing from transatlantic relations. Once its essential part, it is now a profession for old-school craftsmen.
demosEUROPA - Centre For European Strategy together with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Warsaw office of European Council
On the 22nd of September 2013, the polls opened to 62 million Germans. 44 million accepted the invitation. The electoral turnout bounced back up to 71.6% following the post-war record low of 70.8% in 2009.
If there is one European country that wants more of the same from Germany after the federal election on September 22, it is Poland.
