European Policy

The Heinrich Böll Foundation actively engages in European policy and promotes debates and analyses on the development of Europe.

Here you will find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on European policy.

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Thematic Focuses on European Policy

Selbstverständlich Europäisch - Blaue Ballons mit EU Sternchen

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

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European Union: How Can Reform and Enlargement Succeed?

European Democracy Conference 2022: Illustration

Press and Media Freedom in Europe

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Publications on European Policy

Budgeting for Security?

E-Paper

As Europe rethinks its security strategy in light of global shifts, a new initiative aims to ramp up defense efforts. This paper warns the plan lacks real coordination incentives and calls for deeper reforms that tie funding to shared priorities like democratic resilience and climate security.

By Georg McCutcheon and Anton Möller

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.

By Phillip Brändle

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.

By Dr. Jana Puglierin

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Creating a Globally Fair Circular Economy in the Clean Industrial Deal

Europe is reinventing itself

Europe before the elections: Questions and consequences for the economy

Actually European!? 2024

Hard Power or Diplomatic Power? Europe Has Faded From the World Stage