Partnerstwo dla Modernizacji w stosunkach niemiecko-rosyjskich
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2010
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
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Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia has become Germany’s main Central
European partner. The economic interests and hopes of gigantic contracts to modernize the
Russian economy have played a colossal role in German policy. The Government of Chancellor
Angela Merkel aspired to shape the Eastern policy of the European Union, and it was
highly favorable towards the strategy of Russian modernization to be implemented with the
participation of Western partners, as proposed by President Medvedev in 2009. However, this
project never went beyond the stage of preliminary agreements, and both sides are increasingly
disappointed with its progress. Germany continues to aspire to play the role of the leading
EU member state involved in the transformation process in Russia, yet this is no longer
treated in terms of the ‘Russia first’ attitude without any reservations. Germans are becoming
increasingly aware that their efforts are doomed to fail without true Russian efforts aimed at
the democratization of both their public life and economic structures.
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Przegląd Politologiczny, 2010, nr 2, s. 93-107.