Europe

Daniel Cohn-Bendit on facets of antisemitism and racism in today’s Europe, deep divisions in pluralistic societies, and the need to recognize the other side’s pain.

Resolute action has never been one of the European Union’s strengths. Swift decision-making is not one of the advantages democracies offer. But are the other advantages enough in times of war, as in Ukraine now, when every moment of hesitation costs human lives?

Learn more about the EU member states, key institutions, current parliamentary majorities, recent voter turnout, and the history of the EU.

Many of the anniversaries we mark in 2024 will remind us of how we overcame separation and division, but also of the fact that the task of reuniting Europe is yet to be accomplished. EU enlargement is in our own best interest – after all, a safe and stable neighborhood makes us all safer and Europe more stable.

War in Europe, the escalating climate crisis, Europe's position in the global power structure: The European Union faces historic challenges. The year 2024 will determine how things will proceed.

The Europeanization of German identity runs like a red thread through Germany's post-war history and is also evident in its performances at the ESC: Germany presents itself as cosmopolitan.

Although the ESC was not intended as an instrument of European integration, it has become a symbol of it - even if the relationship between national and European identity is contradictory.

The ESC usually stands for camp in the gay male tradition. Can it also be of interest to lesbians and feminists? On kitsch and camp as queer communication strategies.

For one evening, a global audience watches a show staged with the most elaborate means at the height of technical feasibility. What makes the ESC one of the most fascinating media events of our time?

The almost 70-year history of the ESC reads like a seismograph of the cultural and socio-political situation in Europe on many levels.

By blocking numerous EU legislative processes, Germany’s three-party “traffic light coalition” has wreaked havoc in Brussels. Given the uncertainty surrounding the makeup of the new European Parliament and the presidential election in the United States, it is clear that a U-turn is needed in German EU policy.

The European elections 2024 take place from June 6th to 9th against the backdrop of multiple crises. Our study captures the mood of citizens before the election and shows that interest in the European elections is high.

The Kosovo war of 25 years ago serves as a reminder that frozen conflicts and bilateral disputes cannot be swept under the rug for long. In the current geopolitical environment, they will blow up in Europe’s face.

In view of the upcoming US elections and the difficult situation on the battlefield, there is a need for urgency and clarity about Western support for Ukraine in the coming months.

The United Kingdom has developed its contribution to European security in the context of its withdrawal from the EU. However, a more formal relationship between the two in the areas of foreign, security and defence policy remains to be desired.

The geopolitical centre of gravity is shifting towards the Indo-Pacific. What are the implications for the transatlantic relationship?

Whether hard power projection or diplomacy, Europe’s role on the world stage might already have evaporated. This article analyses three aspects of a dwindling Europe in the global security realm.

Ever since its first proposal in the 1950s, the European army has been a ghost in the system of European Defence debates. But it is an unhelpful and distracting concept for the challenges that the EU and Europe more broadly are currently facing.

Italy's media is in crisis, battling legal onslaughts and facing a surge of censorship one year after the establishment of the far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni.

The EU’s half-baked response to the U.S. investment offensive is putting its competitiveness and our future prosperity at risk. Now is the time for deeper European integration and major adjustments to EU treaty law.