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Photo: Several wind turbines stand in a field next to an oil pump. Overlaid is a text box with the title Trump 2.0, green transition, and transatlantic climate action by Rachel Tausendfreund, Mareike Moraal, and Loyle Campbell.

Trump 2.0, Green Transition, and Transatlantic Climate Action

Published: 4 March 2025
E-Paper
This paper explores how the EU and its member states could adjust their climate policies based on expected Trump administration positions regarding two key elements of global climate action, and possible European responses along the variables of unity and decisiveness.
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Trump 2.0 and European cohseion e-paper

Trump 2.0 and European cohesion

Published: 17 December 2024
E-paper
Over the last three years, the transatlantic alliance has demonstrated a largely remarkable unity in its support for Ukraine. But the future of US policy under President Trump is particularly uncertain. Given this context, this paper explores how the European Union and its Member States could adjust their Ukraine and NATO policies.
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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.
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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.
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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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US Elections and European Cohesion: Scenarios for Green Transitions and Transatlantic Climate Action

Published: 30 October 2024
Policy Paper
The choice at the US ballot box will be a stark one for climate policies. This paper explores how the EU and its member states could adjust their climate policies, depending on the outcome of the US election. 
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US Elections and European Cohesion: Scenario Implications for Ukraine and Transatlantic Security

Published: 30 October 2024
Policy Paper
The fate of Ukraine’s battlefield will be decided at the US ballot box. This paper explores how the European Union and its Member States could adjust their Ukraine and NATO policies, depending on the outcome of the US election.
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Accelerating the European Energy Transition

Published: 15 October 2024
Policy Paper
In order to advance the European energy transition and distribute the costs and benefits more fairly, the EU must find better steering instruments. This policy paper provides recommendations for the necessary acceleration of the European energy transition.
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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

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.
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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.
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