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From Decline to Dynamism: Germany's Role in Restoring EU Competitiveness

Berlin Perspectives

Europe's competitiveness is in danger. Ongoing crises, investment backlogs and fiscal constraints are putting pressure on the German economy in particular. Structural reforms and a clear economic policy strategy are urgently needed.

Yearbook of European Integration 2024

European elections, right-wing electoral success, Ukraine, and the Middle East conflict: The Yearbook of European Integration 2024 describes the most important developments of the past year and analyses their impact on the European Union and its member states.

German European Policy – Publication of the third edition of the Handbuch

Handbuch on Germany’s European Policy 2020

The 3rd, revised and updated edition of the Handbuch on German European policy was published in September 2024 under a new name. The new edition focuses on the coalition with the traffic light system and the effects of the ‘turning point’ caused by the war in Ukraine.

EU Integration of Ukraine: Institutional Challenges in the Agricultural Sector

ukraine-perspectives

The implementation of EU agricultural standards poses a key challenge for Ukraine’s accession process. This research paper examines institutional gaps amid ongoing war damage and fiscal constraints.

Final Report of the Spinelli Forum 2023

The final report presents innovative recommendations for action on current European political challenges. They result from intensive discussions among German and Italian participants of the Spinelli Forum 2023.

“Potential of the EU integration of Ukraine’s agricultural market” – Ukraine Perspectives Expert Roundtable

ukraine-perspectives

What challenges and opportunities does the integration of the Ukrainian agricultural sector imply for the EU and Ukraine? At the Ukraine Perspectives Expert Roundtable, key issues in aligning the Ukrainian agricultural market with EU standards amid the war were discussed.

Yearbook of European Integration 2023

The effects of the war in Ukraine have continued to dominate EU politics in 2023. The Yearbook of European Integration 2023 describes and analyses the impact of the war, as well as all other crucial developments of the past year.

Policy Paper: Defending liberal democracy

rethink Hungary

Democracy and the rule of law have been eroding in Hungary since 2010. In view of Hungary's tendencies towards autocratization, the policy paper contains recommendations on how the German government should respond bilaterally, multilaterally, and at the EU level.

Policy Brief: The Future of Transactionalism in EU-Turkey Relations after the Elections in Turkey

eu-turkey-bridge

After elections in Turkey, the EU will have to revamp the concept of transactionalism in the relationship by adding principles and values, and explore variable geometries Europe to the fullest. Read more in the Policy Brief by Funda Tekin and Ebru Turhan.

Policy Paper: How can the EU better protect the rule of law?

EU Rechstaatlichkeit

The conflict over the rule of law has not only revealed cracks in the European foundation. It also shows how determined the "rule breakers" were to avoid the consequences of their actions, even sabotaging the EU's decision-making processes.

Yearbook of European Integration 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brutally forced Germany and all of Europe into a new age. The Yearbook of European Integration 2022 shows, among other things, how the war has affected the EU's institutions, policies and member states.

Anthology: "The EU-German-Turkish Triangle"

eu-turkey-bridge

The anthology deconstructs the political discourse on EU-Turkey relations. It identifies the main perceptions and narratives of EU-Turkey-Germany relations in the countries, and at the EU level in Brussels.

Policy Paper: The illiberal challenge of the EU – Value divergence in Central and Eastern Europe?

Value Divergence Central and Eastern Europe

Some governments in Central and Eastern Europe are more illiberal than their populations. They support most of the EU’s liberal values. We analyse and explain the origins and conditions of illiberalism in the region.

Yearbook of European Integration 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic shook Europe to its foundations, but also led to new steps towards more integration. The Yearbook of European Integration 2021 collects articles by leading experts tracing all important developments of EU integration in 2020/2021.

Differentiated integration as a conscious political decision

Should differentiated integration be more than a collateral damage of blocked negotiations on EU integration? The EU-IDEA "Policy Paper on Political Opinion" presents an in-depth analysis and recommendations on differentiation as a conscious policy choice.

Research Paper – YCA

Central Asia is gaining increasing global importance. However, power is in the hands of a few in the countries of the region. A key factor for social change is strengthening youth policy.

Policy Paper – Recommendations for the Conference on the Future of Europe

Strengthening Democratic Legitimacy

How is it still possible to make the Conference on the Future of Europe a successful experiment transnational deliberative democracy?

Policy Paper – YCA

Central Asia is gaining increasing global importance. However, power is in the hands of a few in the countries of the region. A key factor for social change is strengthening youth policy.

Yearbook of European Integration 2020

In 111 articles, the authors trace European policy events of 2019/20 and provide information on the work of the EU institutions, the development of EU policy areas, Europe's role in the world, and European policy in the member states and candidate countries.

Europe from all angles – Publication of the second edition of the Handbuch

Handbuch on Germany’s European Policy 2020

The completely revised second edition of the Handbuch on Germany’s European Policy was published on the occasion of the German Council Presidency at the end of 2020.