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Since the end of the East-West conflict in 1990, the shape of Europe has changed dramatically. The European Economic Community, which was founded in 1957 by six Member States, has become the European Union with currently 27 members.

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“Training Grounds”: Trump's Attack on Democratic Cities

Analysis

The federal takeover of DC was just the beginning. National Guard troops are mobilizing to more Democratic cities while immigration raids create widespread terror. As protests become pretext for more troops, democracy continues to erode.

Katharina Obser

Canada and Europe Need to Build a Firewall Against US Tech Coercion

Commentary

Europe and Canada can only protect their digital ecosystems against US interference if they start investing in tech sovereignty now.

Drew Mitnick, Teresa Eder

The Trump Administration's Brazil Tariff Offensive Targets Sovereign Responses to Big Tech

Analysis

Trump’s tariff hike on Brazil targets its digital sovereignty, pressuring it to ease Big Tech regulations. Backed by tech giants and Bolsonaro allies, the move drew backlash from Brazil’s government and civil society defending democratic control over tech platforms.

Alexandre Arns Gonzales, Jonas Valente

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Events

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November

Global Voices Against Forgetting

Film presentation Friday, 21. November 2025 – Saturday, 22. November 2025 in Berlin

Films of Memory and Resistance

Video recordings

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Recording from March 19, 2025

Europe at a Crossroads: Security, Defence, and the Polish EU Council Presidency

Poland has assumed the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU at a time of significant geopolitical uncertainty.

This online discussion analyzed the current state of play, explore key areas of contention and discuss potential paths forward, as well as take stock of the Polish EU Council Presidency’s efforts.

With:

Sophia Besch, Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Łukasz Maślanka, Senior Fellow, Security and Defence Department, Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw
Nicole Koenig, Head of Policy, Munich Security Conference

Moderated by: Roderick Kefferpütz, Director, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, Brussels

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European Elections 2024: Results and Perspectives on the EU’s Future
in the framework of the 15th European Democracy Conference

Recording from July 2, 2024

With:

Tarik Abou-Chadi, Associate Professor in European Union and Comparative European Politics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Jan Philipp Albrecht, Co-President, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin - Annika Brockschmidt, Journalist and Author, Berlin
Chantal Kopf, Member of the German Bundestag, Alliance90/The Greens
Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate, German Federal Foreign Office

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Democratic Reporting in Times of Elections
How Political Journalism Can Help Safeguard Democracy

Recording from June 24, 2024

Panelists:

Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at New York University
Errin Haines, editor-in-chief of the independent newsrooms 19th*News
Hadija Haruna-Oelker, journalist and author

Moderated by: Aline Abboud, journalist and news anchor

Dossiers

Illustration: Zwei Hände legen Wahlzettel in eine Urne mit der Aufschrift „2024“. Im Hintergrund eine US-Flagge.

The US elections 2024

Mehrere Icons sind in einem Kreis angeordnet, um der EU Flagge ähnlich zu sehen

European Union: How Can Reform and Enlargement Succeed?

Sustainable Urban Mobility: Views from Germany and the United States

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Main topics

Glasfront Parlament in Brüssel mit EU-Fahne

European Policy

US-Flagge vor Hochhäusern in New York City

Transatlantic Relations

Energy Atlas 2018

Atlas

The European Energy Atlas shows a clear alternative: It not only provides a compass on the different energy discussions in different Member States but also reveals how a Europeanization of the energy transition will be the more efficient and cost-effective option for all Europeans.

Budgeting for Security?

Discussion Paper

As Europe rethinks its security strategy in light of global shifts, a new initiative aims to ramp up defense efforts. This paper warns the plan lacks real coordination incentives and calls for deeper reforms that tie funding to shared priorities like democratic resilience and climate security.

Georg McCutcheon, Anton Möller

Photo: Several wind turbines stand in a field next to an oil pump. Overlaid is a text box with the title Trump 2.0, green transition, and transatlantic climate action by Rachel Tausendfreund, Mareike Moraal, and Loyle Campbell.

Trump 2.0, Green Transition, and Transatlantic Climate Action

Policy Paper

This paper explores how the EU and its member states could adjust their climate policies based on expected Trump administration positions regarding two key elements of global climate action, and possible European responses along the variables of unity and decisiveness.

Rachel Tausendfreund , Mareike Moraal, Loyle Campbell

Trump 2.0 and European cohesion

E-paper

Over the last three years, the transatlantic alliance has demonstrated a largely remarkable unity in its support for Ukraine. But the future of US policy under President Trump is particularly uncertain. Given this context, this paper explores how the European Union and its Member States could adjust their Ukraine and NATO policies.

Rachel Tausendfreund , Roderick Kefferpütz

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