The European Energy Union
The European Council's recent declaration on the European energy market reflects to a large extent a compromise between the German position and the plans of Eastern European states
Note from Berlin
Gabriel’s new course on arms sales
Gabriel has reinserted the needs of a values-based foreign policy into the debate on European arms sales, which could make him a key stakeholder in EU foreign policy
“Over and over again”
The extension of the eurozone’s assistance programme for Greece dominates the European debate in Germany and links eurozone politics to the future of Europe.
The Greek compromise
To applause back home, Germany succeeded in conceding little to Greece – but the result might be future chaos
Crisis diplomacy and the Russian-Ukrainian war
Germany needs to square the circle between domestic demands for restraint and isolationism and the increasing responsibilities of European leadership
Lessons from Munich
As Europe pushes for negotiation over Ukraine, the Munich Security Conference showed the depth of division not only between Russia and the West, but between the Western partners as well