GERMANY

02

Oct

Angela Merkel, Bundestag, Christian Democrat Party, European Union, federal election, GERMANY, Greens Party, Olaf Scholz, Social Democratic Party, SPD

Mapping the issues that produced the German federal election result

PEJOURNAL - What policy issues determined support for parties during the 2021 German federal election? Davide Angelucci, Lorenzo De Sio, Heiko Giebler and Werner Krause present conclusions from an analysis of the key topics that encouraged vote-switching during the campaign. They find the SPD’s victory was mainly driven by its credibility on economic issues. The 2021 German federal election was a showcase for electoral volatility – not just in terms of the result, but also in relation to changes in the polling during the campaign. But while the strengths and weaknesses of the leading candidates were clearly of great importance,…

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02

Oct

Alternative for Germany, Angela Merkel, Armin Laschet, Bundestag, Christian Democrat Party, Election, Europe, GERMANY, Greens Party, Olaf Scholz, Social Democratic Party

Landmark election in Germany and its European consequences

PEJOURNAL - Germany held a landmark and important election on Sunday, September 26, 2021. The election will put an end to the 16-year chancellorship of Angela Merkel, who led the country for four consecutive terms. More than 60 million Germans over 18 years of age are eligible to vote. It should be noted that in Germany, the executive power takes its legitimacy from legislative power. Bundestag nationwide election is considered as the most important political event of the country at the federal level. Although the result of elections announced immediately but it may take several months until negotiations to form…

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06

Sep

Afghanistan, EU, GERMANY, Josep Borrell, NATO, Pooya Mirzaei, USA

Afghanistan’s important lesson for Europe

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who visited Slovenia in a statement welcomed by Germany, said: "Developments in Afghanistan have shown the need to create a common army and defense force of European countries." These positions, which can be considered a sign of Europe's disappointment with the United States and NATO, have been raised while since 1945, the end of World War II, the United States has ruled Europe under the NATO military umbrella and Marshall Plan. Now, given the Taliban developments in Afghanistan and the flight of the United States and NATO from this…

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03

Apr

British citizen, Buckingham, GERMANY, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, UK

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence service plays with Buckingham reputation

BY: Tony Johnson PEJOURNAL - Mehran Raouf, a British citizen, was arrested on October 16th by the intelligence service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and is currently being held in Ward 2-Alef of Evin Prison (a special branch of the Iranian prison for political prisoners). Britain is currently grappling with major problems, including Scotland's secession, and the dire economic and social consequences of COVID19, and in this turbulent situation, the news about arresting one of its citizens by the Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence service is a heavy blow to Buckingham officials and the Boris Johnson administration. The…

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06

Dec

allies, GERMANY, Heiko Maas, Iran, JCPOA, Mike Pompeo, The U.S., West Asia

The U.S. and allies have done little but inflamed West Asia

BY: Martin Love PEJOURNAL - Heiko Maas, Mike Pompeo, and people like them with their rabid policy announcements and ignorant fantasies try to give the impression of aiming for something positive and calming to a world and especially to a West Asia wracked by discord, but in fact they and their kind are doing just the opposite. “Inflaming” might be the best word for what they do and have long done. Heiko Maas, Germany’s foreign minister, must be crazy, literally. Or just a blind twit, like so many others in the “Western” establishment of lily-white bigots, racists and Christian imperialists. …

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08

Nov

Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan, baltic sea, gas pipeline, GERMANY, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nord Stream 2, Russia, USA

US steps up sanctions pressure on Nord Stream 2

PEJOURNAL - The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was stopped last December after US President Donald Trump signed a defensive policy act which included some sanctions on this project. Expressing open opposition to the construction of the gas pipeline on 15 July 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that sanctioning Nord Stream 2 sends a clear message to companies that help expand Russia’s negative influence in Europe; and the United States will not accept the contribution and participation of these countries in the Nord Stream 2 gas project and they should cease their cooperation with…

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03

Nov

America, Cold War, Europe, France, GERMANY, NATO, Transatlantic Bridge, West-centered

Crack in the American Part of the Transatlantic Bridge

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - The United States has had a turbulent history under each of its presidents, but it has been an important part of world and Western history in the context of developments as a political and international figure. In particular, the process of America's rise to power with the decline of Europe during the First and Second World Wars in shifting new roles and positions in the international system shifted "West-centered" to "West-centered" in such a way that Europe became an American project for US interests after World War II. With the US victory in the Cold…

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09

Aug

Britain, coronavirus, EU, France, GERMANY

EU Action in Line with Maintaining Unity, Solidarity

PEJOURNAL - In an interview with the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Javad Kachueian, referring to the agreement reached by the leaders of the EU member states on the budget to deal with the effects of the recession, said: Europe has experienced several major crises in the last one or two years. Britain’s withdrawal from the union and its far-reaching geopolitical implications, the global outbreak of the corona and the poor management of EU officials to contain it, Trump’s policies and attitudes towards Europe and his efforts to further weaken the EU and strengthen unilateralism and weakening…

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25

Jul

Energy, Europe, gas, GERMANY, Nord Stream 2, Russia, USA

The Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline; Increasing Tension Between the U.S. and EU

PEJOURNAL - Although the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline is 94 percent complete but Washington wants to keep it that way. A hulking Russian pipe-laying vessel called the Akademik Cherskiy can be seen off Germany’s Baltic coast these days,marine tracking sites say, apparentlywaiting for the chance to complete the final stretches of a massive undersea pipeline that will carry natural gas directly to Germany from Russia. The Trump administration, though, is trying to keep the pipeline, known as Nord Stream 2, on ice. Last week, the State Department moved to potentially impose economic penalties on investors and other business participants…

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30

Jun

GERMANY, Iran, JCPOA, UN

German representative to the UN Security Council:

Germany opposes US use of dispute resolution mechanism in JCPOA to restore international sanctions against Iran.

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