Germany’s new government wants to be a foreign policy power

By Gabriele Abels, Jean Monnet Professor for Comparative Politics & European Integration, University of Tübingen

When the CDU/CSU and the SPD sealed their coalition agreement to form the next German government, the would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz proudly announced: “Germany is back on track”. Against a backdrop of considerable geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, the partners wanted to send clear signal not only to the German public, but also to the European and international partners. After three years of intense government infighting, a new, stable administration was in charge in Germany.

However, a very different…

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