Under Chancellor Angela Merkel, the sibling parties CDU and CSU formed the federal government from 2005 to 2021 with changing coalition partners and thus had the opportunity to shape and mould the republic like no other party. The editorial team is not making a recommendation to vote; and the quality of the content...
As a global trading nation, Germany, itself located in the heart of Europe, is dependent on the waterways, seas and oceans for its own - and its partners' - economic freedom and security... and yet there seems to be a lack of basic maritime understanding in politics and society, at least that is the impression. How...
For some time now, questions about German foreign and security policy have been piling up that need to be answered after the Bundestag elections. The COVID pandemic, the flood disaster in western Germany and, most recently, the evacuation from Afghanistan have shown that the Federal Republic of Germany's ability to act is reaching its limits time and time again....
How sensitive are our parties to maritime issues? This autumn, Germany will elect its 20th Bundestag and it has become a tradition for us to look at the parties' election manifestos and their maritime content! We started the series with the election programme of the Free Democrats (FDP), in...
On Sunday, 26 September 2021, Germany will elect its 20th Bundestag - a good occasion and now a tradition for our blog #meerverstehen to take a closer look at the parties' election manifestos in terms of their maritime content! It is a truism that everything is connected to everything else: The modern global economy cannot exist without...
Berlin, the Navy & Procurement The year 2021 continues to promise excitement: in the second year of a global pandemic, there are signs of noticeable change and transformation in the political firmament of the republic in view of the upcoming Bundestag elections in September. It is understandable that Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) are endeavouring to...
Summary: Strategic foreign policy is what the EU must master in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In doing so, it must strive for the ability to act in all areas and not just primarily on the civilian side of sustainable development. Beyond peacemaking, it must face up to adversity...
The election for the 17th state parliament of Baden-Württemberg will take place in around two weeks' time. The state currently governed by Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) is not only criss-crossed by the important rivers Rhine, Neckar, Danube, Kocher, Jagst and Tauber, but also has a large number of lakes in addition to Lake Constance with their influence on nature,...
The living generation cannot remember ever seeing certainties disappear as quickly as we have experienced in recent years. This goes hand in hand with new political, social and technical trends, the consequences of which nobody can predict. The topics of digitalisation, cyber and climate are just as much a part of the maritime world as...
The Arctic has increasingly become the focus of public attention in recent years. But even in German-speaking countries, it is no longer climate change alone that characterises interest in the High North. There is an increasing number of reports and features from the High North, in which new harbours, shipping routes, c...
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