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EUobserver | Germany needs another Helmut Kohl - instead it gets Friedrich Merz

Germany today faces similar existential geopolitical challenges. Vladimir Putin has launched the first interstate war in Europe and frequently threatens nuclear conflict with the West. The return of Russian imperialism on a grand scale in 2022 has prompted a radical reorientation of German foreign policy. Research associate at EUROPEUM Institute Hugo Blewett-Mundy commented for EUobserver.

In the Media

11. February 2025

Olaf Scholz admitted that the peace dividend is fading and that Germany needs to strengthen its defence and security. However, after three years of war, the Zeitenwende (second turning point) proclaimed by the German chancellor has essentially failed to materialise. Scholz has been at the forefront of the deterioration in Germany's relations with its neighbours and key EU partners - France and Poland.

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