Database of publications / BEFORE BUCHAREST: GERMAN POLITICS AND AFGHANISTAN (by Cornelius Graubner (04/02/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)

As the NATO Summit in Bucharest approached, pressure on the German government to increase its military contribution to the NATO mission in Afghanistan mounted. However, a significantly expanded mandate for the German Army appeared increasingly unlikely. With the recent surge of the leftist party Die Linke, which performed strongly in recent regional elections in some of Germany's Western states, and the looming parliamentary elections which determine who will be the next chancellor in Germany at the end of 2009, the issue of the Bundeswehr mission in Afghanistan is a political non-starter across all party lines.

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