Setting the course for Europe Commentary on foreign and security policy By passing a comprehensive support package for Ukraine, the EU has demonstrated its willingness to be an active geopolitical player. To fulfil this role, it must strengthen its defense industry, build its troops, and make them ready for action. By Andris Sprūds and Imants Lieģis
Agricultural expert on the causes of farmer protests: «We have to deliver» Interview Hannes Lorenzen on the causes of farmer protests, EU's lack of planning and wrong decisions, and why a thorough restart of the Common Agricultural Policy is inevitable.
The anti-environmental backlash Commentary It’s not radical climate activists we need to worry about. The real threat is the lack of solidarity, panic, and ignorance among “mainstream” society. By Matthias Quent
Perspectives on the EU Green Deal (with Robert Habeck) Assessment of EU Economic Ministers on the EGD Five years ago, the European Commission presented its new sustainability and growth strategy, the European Green Deal (EGD), the goal of which was to drive the transition to a competitive and sustainable economy and become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The foundations have been laid, but what are the next steps?
Europe before the elections: Questions and consequences for the economy Interview Five years after the European Green Deal was launched, Europe's economic strength and security are at stake. What lies ahead for the German and European economy? A conversation with Sandra Parthie and Roderick Kefferpütz. By Phillip Käding and Roderick Kefferpütz
The Europe of shared problems Essay Demographic change, environmental crises, and social fragmentation – given all these challenges, generous social policy cannot be the sole solution for a European social model for the future. Rather, it must be a new form of “solidarity-based adaptation,” by which all citizens take responsibility and proactively drive change. By Prof. Dr. Heinz Bude