Common Foreign and Security Policy





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Budgeting for Security?

Published: 28 May 2025
E-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.
Illustration: Ein Titelblatt mit EU-Sternen auf blauem Hintergrund. Text: „Rebuilding Credibility in EU Enlargement Policy“ von Marina Vulović.

Rebuilding Credibility in EU Enlargement Policy

Published: 26 November 2024
Policy Paper
The European Union has many candidates for membership. It is currently conducting negotiations with Albania, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the accession processes are complicated. The current policy paper on the reform debate analyses the arguments for and against a rapid enlargement of the EU and provides recommendations for policy-makers.
Illustration: Titelseite eines Policy Papers der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Titel: „Strengthening the EU's Global Capacity to Act“.

Strengthening the EU’s Global Capacity to Act

Published: 7 November 2024
Policy Paper
The EU needs a resolute and coherent common European foreign policy to strengthen its political weight worldwide.The recommendations for action in this paper are to be understood primarily as a call to Member States to make better use of the existing scope for action within the EU treaties.


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