The Baltic Rim Economies 4/2024 discusses, inter alia, the upcoming snap elections scheduled for February 23, Germany’s economy and Germany’s role in the Baltic Sea Region.
”Russia’s war against Ukraine has marked the return of history, while Donald Trump’s election victory has the potential to further impact debates on nuclear deterrence. If Germany is to confront the challenges that come with it, it must become a more measured power.”
Tobias Fella
Senior Researcher
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
Germany
”Germany has long advocated for an economic policy model in which the state sets the rules but does not intervene directly – the social market economy. As the first Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ludwig Erhard, phrased it in a speech to the European Parliament in 1962: ’What we need, in my opinion, is not a planning programme, but a regulatory framework.'”
Achim Wambach
Professor, Ph.D
President
ZEW – Leibniz-Centre for European Economic Research
Germany
”Why is Hamburg so actively participating in Baltic Sea cooperation, even without being located directly on the Baltic Sea? Indeed: Hamburg’s parliament – the Bürgerschaft – is an active member of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference and the Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum. The city is not only a member of the Union of the Baltic Cities but is also involved in shaping the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region by implementing the Baltic Sea Strategy Point and has long been responsible for co-coordinating the policy area of education.”
”Alongside other strategic documents, the German government published new guidelines for German Arctic policy in September 2024, following a lengthy interministerial coordination process. However, while the document sets out many appropriate goals, it remains a paper exercise, offering few specifics on how these objectives will be achieved beyond general statements of interest and support.”
Michael Paul
Senior Fellow
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Director
Maritime Security Dialogue, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Germany
”Russia’s war against Ukraine has marked the return of history, while Donald Trump’s election victory has the potential to further impact debates on nuclear deterrence. If Germany is to confront the challenges that come with it, it must become a more measured power.”
Tobias Fella
Senior Researcher
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
Germany
”Germany has long advocated for an economic policy model in which the state sets the rules but does not intervene directly – the social market economy. As the first Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ludwig Erhard, phrased it in a speech to the European Parliament in 1962: ’What we need, in my opinion, is not a planning programme, but a regulatory framework.'”
Achim Wambach
Professor, Ph.D
President
ZEW – Leibniz-Centre for European Economic Research
Germany
”Why is Hamburg so actively participating in Baltic Sea cooperation, even without being located directly on the Baltic Sea? Indeed: Hamburg’s parliament – the Bürgerschaft – is an active member of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference and the Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum. The city is not only a member of the Union of the Baltic Cities but is also involved in shaping the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region by implementing the Baltic Sea Strategy Point and has long been responsible for co-coordinating the policy area of education.”
”Alongside other strategic documents, the German government published new guidelines for German Arctic policy in September 2024, following a lengthy interministerial coordination process. However, while the document sets out many appropriate goals, it remains a paper exercise, offering few specifics on how these objectives will be achieved beyond general statements of interest and support.”
Michael Paul
Senior Fellow
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Director
Maritime Security Dialogue, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Germany
