Approaches for future policy of Germany towards Russia in election programs for the 2017 Bundestag election of six German political parties
Journal: Studia Rossica Posnaniensia (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
Year: 2018

In this article the electoral programs for the Bundestag elections on 24 September 2017 of six German political parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, Left Party, Bündnis90/Die Grünen, FDP, and AfD) will be evaluated for their statements on the future German and European policy on Russia. These political parties were selected because they have a realistic chance of being elected into the 19th German Bundestag. The most critical view on the relations with Russia is to be found in the liberal election program. He