European Policy

European policy significantly influences the political, economic, and social development in Europe.
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Articles

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Exposing the Liberal Paradox: Feminist Foreign Policy and European migration control politics

Published: 15 January 2024

ARTICLE

While some Member states commit to Feminist Foreign Policy agendas, its implementation in Europe’s migration and asylum regime remains all but absent. How does Europe square the circle between Feminist Foreign Policy and border control policies?

Deitra Myers

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Actually European: Long-term study on Germany's role in the EU

Published: 28 May 2025

Studie

The study “Actually European!?” 2025 examines for the seventh year in a row how the German population assesses Germany's role in the EU and what kind of behavior they would like to see from the German government in Brussels.

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European Union: How Can Reform and Enlargement Succeed?

Published: 16 October 2024

Policy Paper

This series of policy papers provides impetus for the EU reform debate to make the European Union more effective, democratic, ecological and socially just. Our conclusion: Germany can play a decisive role in a successful reform process.

Publications

Shaping a Future-Fit Common Agricultural Policy

Published: 26 November 2024

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.

Phillip Brändle

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.

Dr. Jana Puglierin

A Democratic Approach to EU Reform

Published: 8 October 2024

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.

Dr. Manuel Müller

Shaping the EU's Financial Architecture for the Future

Published: 15 July 2024

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.

Dr. Margit Schratzenstaller, Dr. Philipp Heimberger

"Clean" Energy Bills for all citizens in the EU

Published: 11 July 2022

Analysis

Well-designed energy bills are a key tool for consumers in the energy transition. The analysis “‘Clean’ Energy Bills for all citizens in the EU; a subject to an examination” aims at registering the content, structure, and format of the electricity bills in EU27, and examine their contribution to consumers’ empowerment to play an active role in the clean energy transition.

European, of course!?

Published: 29 July 2020

E-Paper

A clear majority of Germans wish for both an active and a cooperative German presence in the EU. Our study examines the actual outlook of German citizens as well as citizens’ reported priorities for the German Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Johannes Hillje, Christine Pütz

From «Paymaster of Europe» to «Shaper of Europeʼs future»

Published: 21 May 2019

E-Paper

Although the European Union is facing enormous political challenges, Germany has shown little initiative in European politics in recent years. Proposed reforms of other member states, such as France, have been mostly opposed on the grounds that «the German taxpayers» must not be even further burdened. This study investigates the factual and popular basis of this narrative.

Money for Change

Published: 29 October 2014

In which fields is investment needed in order to drive forward a green economic remodeling and generate sustainable growth? How should the financial system be organised in order to release enough capital for ecological innovations and investments? This publication attempts to answer the above questions from various perspectives.