Germany

Dieter Graumann, the new president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, is cultivating fresh confidence among Jews.more
The Bundeswehr is to become smaller, more effective and better geared to meeting new requirements. The reorganization entails replacing the present system of conscription with voluntary military service.more
EU
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on the EU’s new financial policy stability and the goal of a political union in Europe.more
In its most serious crisis to date the European Union is taking a daring leap to break out of the debt trap. The decisions of the EU summit of December 2011 are leading to treaty reform. An analysis.more
International Cooperation
The world is steadfastly standing by the people of Afghanistan – this was the central message of the Afghanistan Conference in Bonn.more
Germany has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for one year. We look back and forward in an interview with Germany’s Ambassador to the UN, Peter Wittig.more