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Parliamentary Elections in Serbia

EU Election Monitor

Election Year 2026: What are the implications of national elections in Europe for European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. On 25 October 2026, parliamentary elections take place in Serbia.

Presidential Elections in Bulgaria

EU Election Monitor

Election Year 2026: What are the implications of national elections in Europe for European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. On 25 October 2026, presidential elections take place in Bulgaria.

How to Finance Europe's Future - Why the next MFF will be decided by priorities, not by volume

Berlin Perspectives

Europe’s challenges are growing while fiscal space is narrowing. For the next EU budget, the decisive question will therefore be which priorities take precedence and where European spending can generate genuine added value.

RESILIO-ACCESS Country Reports

What lies behind the numbers on rule of law resilience? The Country Reports provide in-depth analyses of rule of law resilience in the EU’s enlargement countries, contextualising the data collected and analysed through the RESILIO-ACCESS model.

A Safety Belt for the EU’s Capacity to Act

IEP Policy Paper

How can the EU safeguard its foreign policy capacity to act despite national vetoes? In his new IEP Policy Paper, Daniel Hegedüs explores how qualified majority voting could enable enhanced cooperation among member states without Treaty amendment.

General Election in Bosnia and Herzegovina

EU Election Monitor

Election Year 2026: What are the implications of national elections in Europe for European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. On 4 October 2026, general elections took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Parliamentary Election Latvia

EU Election Monitor

Election Year 2026: What are the implications of national elections in Europe for European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. On 3 October 2026, parliamentary elections took place in Latvia.

Europe Needs a Vision: A Plea for a New Congress of Europe

Europe needs more than institutional reform – it needs a debate about its future. This IEP Commentary argues for a new Congress of Europe that brings together civil society to develop competing visions for European integration and reinvigorate public debate.

Armin Laschet elected President of Institut für Europäische Politik

Armin Laschet, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the German Bundestag and former Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, has been elected the new President of the Insti-tut für Europäische Politik

How can Europe deliver? Democracy, Defence and Competitiveness under Pressure

IEP Annual Conference

How can the EU translate its political priorities into strategic action? One day after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address, this question took centre stage at the IEP Annual Conference 2026.

integration 03/26

Power shifts in the European Parliament, democratic resilience in the EU, and the next EU budget – these and other topics are covered in issue 3/26 of integration.

Strengthening Europe’s Competitiveness, Defence and Capacity to Act – An Austrian Perspective on Europe’s Reform Agenda

At the Europe Talk, experts discussed European initiatives and reform proposals with Feri Thierry, Head of the Strategy and Planning Unit at the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.

Parliamentary Election Sweden

EU Election Monitor

Election Year 2026: What are the implications of national elections in Europe for European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. On 13 September 2026, parliamentary elections took place in Sweden.

Illiberalism’s Challenge to the European Single Market

IEP Policy Paper

How does rule-of-law backsliding affect the EU’s Single Market? This Policy Brief examines how “illiberal state capitalism” in Hungary and Poland distorted the Single Market and provides recommendations for more effectively safeguarding both the rule of law and the Single Market.

GuiDE Accession Diagnostic Online Event

GuiDE to EU Membership

Experts, gathered by the GuiDE project on accession negotiation process of Montenegro and Albania, discussed the political, institutional and societal drivers shaping the two countries’ trajectories towards EU membership.

What's New In The EU?! July/August 2026

A lot happens in the EU every month, from new laws and political decisions to current debates. In the ‘What’s new in the EU?’ series, EUle explains briefly and clearly what’s happening in the EU right now and why it matters. Find out more in our videos.

Iceland: Referendum on EU accession negotiations

EU Election Monitor

Election Year 2026: What are the implications of national elections and referendums in Europe for European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. On 29 August 2026, Iceland held a referendum on whether to resume accession negotiations with the EU.

EU enlargement in the Western Balkans

EU enlargement is on the EU agenda, but what is the actual situation in the Western Balkans? Our video provides a concise overview of the state of play in the accession negotiations, the challenges involved, and why the region is of key geopolitical importance to Europe.

integration 02/26

European Strategic culture, EU climate governance and scenarios for the EU accession process of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova – these and other topics are covered in issue 2/26 of integration.

Final report of the Spinelli Forum 2026

From an EU-Security Council to a Lithium Recycling Act and national Ombudspersons for Artificial Intelligence: The Spinelli Report presents these and other innovative policy recommendations for German-Italian cooperation on a European level.