At the ceremony held by the city of Lübeck to mark the 150th birthday of Thomas Mann, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier painted a picture of a man who was turned into a political activist by the circumstances of his time.

Federal President Steinmeier welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin on 28 May.

Federal President Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender have received Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda in Bellevue Palace for a farewell visit.

Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations on 12 May 1965. Sixty years later, both countries can look back on an extraordinary development shaped by reconciliation, growing trust and friendship in action.

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Federal President Steinmeier has called for remembrance not to become routine. “Our history is a precious treasure trove of experience. Let us trust in our experience,” he said at a commemoration ceremony in the Bundestag.