The European Green Deal – a common task. Synergies required at every level Published: 10 May 2021 Analysis The European Green Deal will only become a true success story if the EU functions as a multi-level governing system in the truest sense of the word and the various levels operate at a well-connected interplay. By Christine Pütz and Claudia Rothe
Filling the European Green Deal with life Published: 10 May 2021 Analysis The Green Deal offers an excellent framework for a sustainable, viable Europe. The challenge of the day, however, lies in filling it with life. We must ensure that the right measures are undertaken to match and reach the right goals. By Rasmus Andresen
Chances and limits of place-based environmental politics Published: 10 May 2021 Background At least since the globalization debate in the early 1980s, it has always been about the contradiction between the local and the global. Ares Kalandides explains why it is time to rethink this approach and what opportunities and possibilities local initiatives offer today. By Ares Kalandides
Belarus Needs Help: Germany and Europe lack solidarity and strategy for a democratic Belarus Published: 8 January 2021 Analysis The EU strives for strategic sovereignty and the capability to master global politics. The crisis in Belarus presents an opportunity for Brussels to contribute to stability in its eastern neighborhood. In order to support a democratic transfer of power in Minsk, however, the EU must enhance its engagement across five areas. By Dr. Jörg Forbrig
Poland and the Baltic States: A Preference for a Renewed West Published: 8 January 2021 Analysis The vision of a strategically autonomous Europe is not met with great enthusiasm in Poland and the Baltic states. On the contrary, the preferences between Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn point to a renewal of the transatlantic bond and a stronger NATO in order to contain the challenges represented by Russia and China. By Justyna Gotkowska
Europe as a Power: A French Vision for Europe in the World Published: 8 January 2021 Analysis President Macron has been promoting the concept of European sovereignty and strategic autonomy for quite some time. His vision of a strategically autonomous Europe is based on the premise of profound geopolitical shifts and a new reality of big power rivalries. Still, Paris will have to convince skeptical EU Member States about the soundness of this concept. By Martin Quencez
21st Foreign Policy Conference Published: 6 January 2021 Dossier Worldwide we are witnessing the return to great power rivalry, and – as a reaction – the calls for strategic sovereignty of the European Union are gaining strength. But how can the EU navigate through a more competitive world and maintain its core values at the same time? These questions were at the core of our 21st Foreign Policy Conference.
Reflections on the European Democracy Action Plan: An Easily-Overlooked Concern Published: 17 December 2020 Analysis If Europe’s elections are to remain contests of campaigns’ political ideas and not of their digital strategies, the systemic challenges to democracy must not be overlooked by the fires of the present moment. By Varoon Bashyakarla
Nothing New in the North: The EU’s New Pact will not change much for Morocco Published: 19 October 2020 Commentary The Moroccan government can live happily with the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. But many activists are disappointed by the contents of the Brussels Pact. By Bauke Baumann
Moria is burnt. Europe’s values, too. Europe’s double responsibility towards human dignity. Published: 10 September 2020 In the early hours of September 9th something rather expected happened. The Moria Refugee Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was engulfed in flames, just a few hours after the announcement of the detection of 35 cases of coronavirus in the camp. The camp, which for years was a place of degradation of human dignity on the eastern border of the European Union, was almost completely destroyed. The EU Member states can no longer be inactive - they all share the responsibility for this disaster.
