German Foreign and European Policy

Germany and Malawi

Here you will find information on the bilateral relations, as well as links to political institutions.

Foreign policy issues

Peace and freedom are the focal points of German foreign policy. They can only be guaranteed through cooperation in a spirit of trust and a fair balancing of interests with our partners in the United Nations, NATO, G8, OSCE and EU.

Foreign Policy

German policy on Europe

After centuries of bloody conflict, the integration of states and their interests has defeated nationalism and brought Europe an unparalleled period of peace, prosperity and stability. That is why the completion of European integration is our top political objective.

Entrance, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

60 Years of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle

Article by Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on the 60th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Federal Foreign Office, published in the 15 March 2011 edition of the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel.

60 Years of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

The Office and its Past

The Foreign Office was deeply involved in the crimes of the Third Reich. This is revealed in a report by an international Independent Commission of Historians, who presented their study to Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle at the Federal Foreign Office on 28 October 2010. The Minister said the study would from now “play an essential role in the debates about the self-perception of the Federal Foreign Office and German diplomats”. He added that it was important to take the right steps now in response to the study’s findings on the Foreign Office’s involvement in Nazi crimes and on staff continuity after the Second World War.

Picture Gallery of Guido Westerwelle

Treffen zwischen Guido Westerwelle und dem palästinensischen Ministerpräsidenten Salam Fayyad

Wash United Außenminister Westerwelle mit

Wash United AM Westerwelle

Klimakonferenz Petersbeg Bonn AM Westerwelle 2010

Klimakonferenz Petersberg Bonn AM Westerwelle

Guido Westerwelle - pictures

New Chapter in German-African partnership

Introducing the Federal Government’s Strategy for Africa, Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said it coincided with a “time of dramatic change and upheaval taking place right next door to Europe”. He said that what was happening – particularly in Africa – presented us with “perhaps the most intriguing evidence of a changing world”. For Germany this highlighted the necessity to maintain and deepen old friendships, but also to make a concerted and conscious effort to establish new ones

New Chapter in German-African partnership

European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders

Germany and the European Union are actively engaged in the protection of human rights defenders. The EU has drawn up guidelines to ensure that this protection is guaranteed in the long term.