Germany

Since the summer of 2015, Germany has been the target country for flows of refugees seeking sanctuary, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The influx of refugees has entirely dominated the political and social debate.

The German public's empathy or antipathy for the Ukrainian revolt against the Yanukovych regime is blanketed by a deeper difference: the view of Russia. As in earlier periods of German history, Germany’s relationship with the West is reflected in Russian politics.

The Polish Institute of International Affairs and Heinrich Böll Stiftung are pleased to invite you to the seminar "Germany's Choices: German Foreign Policy after the Federal Parliamentary Elections" and presentation of the latest issue of The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs.

Since the political turn of 2007 in Warsaw, Poland and Germany have been constantly tightening bonds on international issues, Warsaw’s aspiration to join the Eurozone or common support for the Eastern Partnership. Poland’s experience and local expertise was to complement Berlin’s political and economic strategies. The success of such a coordinated policy can be seen in better relations with Russia, “the Kaliningrad Triangle” and the introduction of visa-free travel to Kaliningrad, which Poland had been advocating for for a long time.