Institut für Europäische Politik

Research, forum, training. Analysing topics of European politics and integration and bringing them to practical implementation. Our mission since 1959. The IEP is a non-profit organisation and one of the leading foreign and European policy research institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Student assistant for Ukraine projects

We are looking for a student assistant with an average weekly working time of 12-15 h/week to work on various projects on Ukraine from 01 Octobre 2024. Application deadline is 31 August 2024.

5th German-Ukrainian Breakfast Debate

What is the German position on Ukraine's NATO membership and what will defence cooperation with Ukraine look like in the future? These and other questions were discussed at the Breakfast Debate on 5 July 2024 in Kyiv.

News

integration 03/24

In issue 3/24 of integration, you can read analyses and discussions on topics such as Germany's voting behaviour in the EU Council, the European legal system, dealing with refugee migration, European town twinning and Macron's visions for Europe.

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Germany and the latest EU reform proposals

Berlin Perspectives

In this edition of the Berlin Perspectives, the authors call on the German government to intensify its efforts of strengthening European democracy through reforms at the very beginning of the new European legislative period.

Final publication: Challenges of Belarusian migrants in Europe

VisiBYlity Belarus

The challenges faced by the Belarusian diaspora are diverse and differ depending on the host country. Our research analyses the legal framework for Belarusian migrants in Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.

#23 UkraineMEMO: URC 2024 - United in recovery

What new priorities were set at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin? In the current podcast episode, we talk about the results of the conference and analyse the role of Ukrainian civil society, regional actors and the diaspora.

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Understanding the complexity of German-Ukrainian relations and key developments in Ukraine - the concise Infosheets are bridging perspectives from both countries and contribute to mutual understanding and knowledge transfer.

Study Trip 2024 to Berlin

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The Study Trip on international partnership and advocacy offered young representatives of Ukrainian civil society organisations insights into the Berlin think tank landscape and cooperation with politicians.

Background Paper: Growing resilient together

As the EU faces new geopolitical challenges, InvigoratEU’s latest publication explores how modernisation and geopolitical strategies can be combined to strengthen Europe’s resilience and provide new drive for EU enlargement.

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Projects

Future of European Integration

The rules and regulations of the EU, its foundations, structure and institutions, as well as current reform debates and long-term trends in European policy will be examined from the perspective of various actors and evaluated in an interdisciplinary manner.

Enlargement, Neighbourhood, Central Asia

European values such as democracy and the rule of law are promoted through research and empowerment projects. Narratives and institutional realities of EU-Turkey relations are analysed and ways out of the deadlocked relations are identified.

Germany and Europe

With studies and analyses, we actively shape German European policy and strengthen European understanding of it.

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IEP in the media

WDR, "Ukraine's Independence Day: a turning point in the war?", 10 August 2024

In an interview with WDR, Laura Christoph, research associate at the IEP, talks about Ukraine's national holiday in the context of the Russian war of aggression as well as the influence of the Kursk offensive on the morale of the Ukrainian population.

Nemetschek Stiftung, On the future of the EU, 17 June 2024

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In an interview for the Nemetschek Stiftung, York Albrecht, Research Associate, analyses the results of the EU elections and possible consequences for the member states.

Al Jazeera, "European Parliament at crossroads as right-wing parties triumph in EU vote", 12 June 2024

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In her article, Federica Marsi takes stock of the European elections and the shift to the right in the European Parliament. York Albrecht, Research Associate, analyses the election results in Germany.

RevDem, „A decade of rule of law backsliding”, 12 June 2024

In her article for the online journal "The Review of Demoacrcy" (RevDem), Maria Skóra looks back on the rule of law developments in the EU in recent years and identifies tasks for the new legislative period.

Merkur, "He is afraid", 10 June 2024

In his article "'He's scared': What Macron's re-election means for France and Europe", Moritz Maier analyses the possible effects of the new elections in France and quotes IEP Director Funda Tekin.

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