The Eastern and Southeastern European countries in the pre-election programs of the key German parties 2017
Journal: Digital Library of the Belarusian State University (Belarusian State University)
Year: 2017

The article considers the positions of six main political parties of Germany: CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Alliance 90 / The Greens, Left Party, AfD concerning German policy in Eastern and Southeastern Europe declared in their pre-election programs before the German Bundestag elections on 24 September 2017. A special attention is paid to their vision of Germany’s further relations with Russia and Turkey, as well as perspectives for a new EU enlargement in the East and Southeast directions. Based on a comp