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While Central Europe’s security environment has been fundamentally transformed by the Russia – Ukraine war, relations between Poland and Germany remain both a strategic necessity and a political challenge. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the two countries are set to sign a new defence cooperation agreement in
In Poland there are no signs of fuel panic or dramatic price hikes. The key to this apparent mystery lies in successful diversification.
Can CEE develop a realistic policy response that shields the region from Europe’s structural decline?
On Wednesday, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin offered to deliver record amounts of natural gas to Europe to address rising prices and avoid an energy crisis just before the winter heating season, which sees higher demand. Recently, Europe has seen a shortage of gas supply, driving up energy prices. Some
The citizens of EU’s richest and most populous country go to the polls on September 26, and no foreign election is as important to Central Europeans as Germany’s. With Chancellor Angela Merkel set to stand down as leader of the bloc’s economic engine after 16 years, the
The Nord Stream II (NSII) natural gas pipeline will be completed, despite political opposition from Ukraine, Poland and the US – but a court challenge to how it operates may be another sticking point for the USD 11bn natural gas pipeline, which will deliver 55bcm of natural gas to Germany. That