2021年底，德國新任紅綠燈聯合政府（由社民黨SPD、綠黨Grüne及自民黨FDP組合）創下先例，成為德國史上首個在聯合執政協議中提及台灣的政府聯盟。接任後，政府對台灣的表態變為數十年所沒有的清晰，並開始部長級的外交互動，與過去歷屆德國聯邦政府的態度形成鮮明的對比。雖然，德台關係的升溫並非全然基於德方對台灣的重新評估，而是與聯邦政府對中華人民共和國政策的轉變，以及與台灣的地緣政治重要性有關系。本研究旨在回顧近期德台關係的發展，探討其背後的動因，並在紅綠燈政府已成歷史的此刻，提供時局的剖析。

Near the end of 2021, the parties of Germany’s new traffic light coalition - the SPD, Greens, and FDP - took an unprecedented step by being the first government coalition in German history to mention Taiwan in a coalition agreement. Even thereafter, the government expressed itself on Taiwan with a clarity not seen in decades and initiated ministerial-level diplomatic exchanges that stood in stark contrast to the practices of previous federal governments. This revitalization of German-Taiwanese relations was not due to a fundamental reassessment of Taiwan itself. Rather, it must be understood in the context of Germany’s changing approach toward the People’s Republic of China and the geopolitical significance of Taiwan. This study aims to trace the recent developments in German-Taiwanese relations, analyze their underlying factors, and, now that the traffic light coalition is history, provide a snapshot of the current state of affairs.