Germany wants to signal that it does not have their own interests, but collects north and south and west and east. It is of course wrong. Germany is also a hegemon, who has interests.
Jana Puglierin discusses Germany's presidency of the Council of the EU
Our tracker shows that solidarity is absolutely not only altruistically motivated, but highly political
Jana Puglierin being interview about the European Solidarity Tracker.
People I’ve spoken to in Italy and Spain think that the recovery fund is the start of something beautiful
Jana Puglierin observes the reaction and expectations for the upcoming German EU presidency.
The EU level is definitely better than its reputation in this crisis
Jana Puglierin speaks about the EU as a relevant actor in the coronavirus crisis.
Practically every EU member state has shown solidarity
Jana Puglierin disagrees with the assumption that EU member states have not shown any solidarity during the covid-19 crisis.
Solidarity is also often an instrument for implementing its national agenda
Jana Puglierin comments on solidarity within the EU during the covid19 crisis.
The German government has form when it comes to tolerating policies it rhetorically opposes […] the Karlsruhe ruling made something impossible for Germany that it had long tolerated […] There was a sudden pressure to come up with an alternative
Jana Puglierin comments on the moment of change for the Franco-German plan for European recovery
The initiative could be also political dynamite, because the EU Commission is supposed to be able to take in bonds
Jana Puglierin assesses the recovery fund initiative by France and Germany
Everybody in Germany and also outside Germany was lamenting the German paralysis and that Merkel was a lame duck and that Germany was absent from the global stage; Germany was not a true European country
Jana Puglierin speaks about German leadership during the covid-19 crisis
Jana Puglierin comments on Merkel's leadership