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What Does A Traffic-Light Coalition In Germany Mean For The Relations Between Germany, The European Union And Turkey? What Will Be The Continuities And Ruptures?

Reading the recently published coalition document, ‘continuity with a different emphasis’ seems to be the message. Continuity has a simple reason: Turkey is important in the life of Germany – socially, economically and culturally – and will remain so.

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By Marc Pierini
Published on Dec 17, 2021
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Marc Pierini

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.

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