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New EU Own Resources to Strengthen Europe’s Long-Term Budget

Published: 20 November 2025

Policy Paper

The European Commission’s new MFF proposal introduces five new own resources to fund Next Generation EU debt and modernise EU revenues. This paper assesses the package and argues for a balanced basket of genuine new resources to support EU goals.

Dr. Margit Schratzenstaller

Advancing Social Policy in the 2028–2034 EU Multiannual Financial Framework

Published: 20 November 2025

Policy Paper

The 2028–2034 MFF proposal acknowledges social pressures but risks diluting the EU’s social dimension. Social spending is consolidated without a dedicated European Social Fund line, while guarantees are weakened.

Réka Tunyogi

The Missing Middle

Published: 20 November 2025

Policy Paper

The next MFF proposes centralised National and Regional Partnership Plans, shifting power to national governments and the European Commission. While promising coherence, this risks weaker regional involvement and oversight.

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova

The 2028–2034 EU Long-Term Budget: What’s in It for Climate?

Published: 20 November 2025

Policy Paper

The MFF proposal sidelines climate and the environment. This paper assesses the spending target, the Do No Significant Harm principle, and climate and environmental provisions in the proposal’s two largest programmes.

Till Eichler

Green Priorities for a Better EU Budget

Published: 20 November 2025

Policy Paper

The European Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 MFF opens a chance to raise ambition on climate, social, economic and security goals. This framing paper outlines key budget needs, priority areas and governance reforms.

Georg McCutcheon, Anton Möller, Taube Van Melkebeke

Feminist Peacebuilding in 2025: A Note from the Author

Published: 2 January 2026

Despite 25 years of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, feminist peacebuilding is stalling. Rising militarization and backlash threaten hard-won norms. The publication calls for a redoubling of efforts rooted in solidarity and structural change.

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Resilience and Environmental Sustainability of Resettled Enclaves (R.E.S.T.O.R.E) in the Lake Chad Region: Borno State

Published: 9 January 2026

Policy Report

After years of conflict and displacement, returnees in Borno State (Nigeria) strive to rebuild amid insecurity and environmental challenges. This report analyses existing risks and offers proposals for safe resettlement, climate resilience and sustainable recovery.

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Rules or Deals? The EU’s Challenge in Regulating Corrosive Capital in the Western Balkans

Published: 18 December 2025

Policy Paper

The United Arab Emirates has become a major investor in the Western Balkans. With enlargement back on the agenda, the EU must ensure that foreign capital meets rather than undermines its governance standards.

Iliriana Gjoni, Iva Čukić, Alba Cela, Aleksandër Trajçe

Cover-Illustration: Große sitzende Figur mit geschlossenem Auge umfasst eine Landschaft mit Wasser, Bäumen und Text in Englisch und Spanisch.

Reclaiming Tech: Tools for Territorial Defenders Facing Digital Repression

Published: 10 December 2025

Policy Paper

Across the globe, environmental defenders are facing growing digital repression. This publication explores how grassroots movements are resisting surveillance, online violence and gendered disinformation by reclaiming technology.

Natalia Rubiano Rodríguez

Europa-Atlas

Published: 24 November 2025

Atlas

Europe is more than just debt crises, bureaucracy, and national narrow-mindedness. This is demonstrated by the Europa-Atlas, published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in collaboration with the German Council on Foreign Relations, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Le Monde Diplomatique.

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New EU Own Resources to Strengthen Europe’s Long-Term Budget

Advancing Social Policy in the 2028–2034 EU Multiannual Financial Framework

The Missing Middle

The 2028–2034 EU Long-Term Budget: What’s in It for Climate?

Green Priorities for a Better EU Budget

Feminist Peacebuilding in 2025: A Note from the Author

Resilience and Environmental Sustainability of Resettled Enclaves (R.E.S.T.O.R.E) in the Lake Chad Region: Borno State

Rules or Deals? The EU’s Challenge in Regulating Corrosive Capital in the Western Balkans

Reclaiming Tech: Tools for Territorial Defenders Facing Digital Repression

Europa-Atlas

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