Media mentions – German election 2021
The coalition has set itself the goal of coordinating everything on a European level, especially China policy. So there is the claim: Germany is not doing it alone.
Jana Puglierin talks about the first days of the new German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock
This is a role in which Germany, and in particular the foreign minister, can play a significant role in shaping European climate policy at an international level
Jana Puglierin sees climate policy as more than just a national project, because Germany should be a leading nation on this issue in the European Union
On China talk of the country as ‘a strategic partner is definitely gone,’ with much more emphasis on Beijing as ‘a systemic rival’ and economic competitor
Janka Oertel being quoted on the new German government shifting relationship to China.
Germany is no longer looking for good relations with Russia […] but for stable relations and constructive dialogue
Angela Merkel was “both the first female and first East German” to become chancellor, which were respectively “structurally underrepresented”
Here, one expects the Greens and the Social Democrats to show clear edges in the future
Gustav Gressel comments on the planned change of course in foreign policy under the new government in Germany
They tried to cover it up in the coalition agreement, but the text remains very open
Jana Puglierin sees conflict potential between the three “traffic light” parties on fundamental EU issues