Politics of Germany

Public opinion plays a role in democracies. The extent to which polls influence the political decision-making process is a matter of dispute among experts. This applies to domestic politics, and also to foreign policy making. A majority of Greeks have a negative opinion of Germany. This is confirmed by several recent polls.

"Russia has an unblemished reputation and is not ashamed", the Russian foreign minister told a BBC correspondent in Moscow.

Berlin – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine topped the agenda as Foreign Minister Anže Logar was hosted by his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in Berlin on Monday. The pair agreed that EU values are being defended in Ukraine.

The United States and Germany on Jan. 27 warned Russia that a major gas pipeline was at stake if it invades Ukraine, as Washington voiced hope for a diplomatic way out despite frigid statements from Moscow.

When he was appointed to the job in 2018, Thomas Bareiss, a deputy minister at the Department of the Economy and Energy and Germany's commissioner for tourism, probably didn't expect it to be quite so challenging.

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger is one of the leading European experts on international affairs and security matters. He is also the chairman of the Munich Security Conference, the prestigious venue where foreign policy and defense leaders gather annually to discuss current global affairs.

Weeks full of political drama. Unexpected twists and turns. Then tragedy. These are not the usual characteristics associated with contemporary politics in Germany.

Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias is heading to Munich on Friday to attend the 56th Munich Security Conference 2020, the world's leading forum for debate on international security policy, held on February 14-16.

In a post on Twitter in Greek and German, Germany's new ambassador in Athens, Ernst Reichel, announced his arrival.

Reichel, who said "Hello Greece!" in both Greek and Germany, previously served as Germany's ambassador to Ukraine and as the head of the German Foreign Ministry's office for Southeastern Europe and Turkey.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that she feels "very well", immediately after she was seen trembling for the third time during public ceremony in less than a month.
"I feel good, there is no need to worry", Chancellor stated who will turn 65 in a week.