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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25th Foreign Policy Conference

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?

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Green Priorities for a Better EU Budget

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

The Missing Middle

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

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.

Phillip Brändle

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We Need a European Defense Union – Now!

Getting Out: How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America

In Favour of a Multi-Speed Europe

Actually European!? 2025

Creating a Globally Fair Circular Economy in the Clean Industrial Deal

Thematic Focuses on European Policy

25th Foreign Policy Conference

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

European Union: How Can Reform and Enlargement Succeed?

Publications on European Policy

Green Priorities for a Better EU Budget

The Missing Middle

Shaping a Future-Fit Common Agricultural Policy

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