European Policy

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Shaping a Future-Fit Common Agricultural Policy

Policy Paper
For more than half a century, the European Union's agricultural policy has focussed primarily on increasing agricultural productivity and the cost-effective production of food. This policy paper provides recommendations for action that are largely possible without amending the EU treaties.
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

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.
Illustration: Title page of a policy paper by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Title: "A Democratic Approach to EU Reform". Background with yellow ballot boxes.

A Democratic Approach to EU Reform

Policy Paper
This policy paper makes some suggestions as to how reforms could be possible with and without treaty changes and how the EU can preserve its future viability.
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Shaping the EU's Financial Architecture for the Future

Policy Paper
The European Union faces the enormous challenge of having to achieve the necessary climate targets it has set itself, while at the same time increasing industrial competitiveness and ensuring public services of general interest. A sustainable European financial architecture based on three pillars is needed to finance these green-social investments at EU level. It is presented in this policy paper.