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Project cycle 2 – Final report

#EngagEUrCouncil

27 young citizens developed ideas for the Portuguese Council Presidency. For this purpose, four project groups were formed, which dealt with the topics of foreign policy, social affairs, trade and resilience.

Workshop: Developing project ideas and writing funding applications

Eurasia Lab Fellowship Program

Application writing should not be outsourced completely, the administrative work not underestimated. Eurasia-researchers got new impulses.

Framing Brexit: EU IDEA visual and video award

The "Framing Brexit: EU IDEA visual and video award“, aims to give the opportunity to young people to express through visual artworks how they are experiencing and interpreting the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Five years after the EU-Turkey statement

Berlin Perspectives

Five years after the EU-Turkey-Statement, relations between the EU and Turkey remain tense. Germany should use its leadership potential within the EU in order to have a positive influence on the future development of EU-Turkey relations.

Different challenges and changed realities: EU-Turkey relations five years after the EU-Turkey statement on migration

Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey, discussed the EU's engagement with Turkey and how to resolve disputes through dialogue with the Turkish government.

Between blockade, fundamental values and solidarity: The new EU Migration Pact as a solution?

Civil Dialogues

Stephan Mayer, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and Daniel Thym, German Foundations for Integration and Migration, discussed the contents of the EU migration package and current lines of conflict between isolation and solidarity.

#1 UkraineMEMO – Independent research and taking a stand

The role of think tanks in Ukraine and Germany is the topic of the first episode of UkraineMEMO. With guests from Ukrainian and German think tanks, we talk about the challenges for independent research and academic policy advice in Ukraine.

#1 UkraineMEMO – Independent research and taking a stand

The role of think tanks in Ukraine and Germany is the topic of the first episode of UkraineMEMO. With guests from Ukrainian and German think tanks, we talk about the challenges for independent research and academic policy advice in Ukraine.

Youth ideas for the Portuguese EU Council presidency

#EngagEUrCouncil

The Youth Ideas are the result of intensive discussions about young people's views on current challenges in the fields of foreign policy, social policy, trade policy and resilience.

COVID-19 in Ukraine – 20th Ukraine Breakfast Debate

Despite the significant negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Ukrainian economy, the long-term outlook leaves room for optimism. This is due to national financial aid measures as well as international cooperation with the European Union.

Europe's role in the world: EU foreign policy in light of the U.S. election

Civil Dialogues

Die US-Wahlen haben erneut die Debatte um die Rolle der EU in der Welt geweckt. Pamela Preusche diskutierte zusammen mit Dr. Annegret Bendiek über die Handlungsfähigkeit der EU auf globaler Ebene sowie über Reformen, wodurch die EU souveräner und selbständiger werden würde.

Study – Strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the EU

Strengthening Democratic Legitimacy

Strengthening parliamentary democracy, reforming participatory democracy to achieve more citizen involvement, and creating clear responsibilities for economic policy in the eurozone. The state of democracy at the EU level has been analysed.

What is the state of German-Ukrainian relations? - 4th Germany Breakfast Debate

Germany is one of Ukraine's most important trading partners. However, the nucleus of the need for reforms is still the corruption in the country. The investment climate must be sustainably improved in order to expand cooperation. But Germany can also learn from Ukraine.

12th Annual Conference of the GNBF

What does European resilience mean? How can the EU's green goals be implemented despite the pandemic? More than 40 experts discussed these and other questions. The focus of the discussion was on the prospects for cooperation.

Interviews in social research – Methods school

The second part of the GURN Methods School revolved around conducting interviews in the context of qualitative research approaches. In addition to perfect planning, the participants learned about different questioning and evaluation techniques as well as digital tools.

Workshop: COVID-19 and research guidelines

Eurasia Lab Fellowship Program

Research has become more limited, complicated and less accessible due to the pandemic. However the situation also offers opportunities to discover topics and methods new and connect worldwide with other researches.

Local elections in Ukraine – 19th Ukraine Breakfast Debate

The local elections in autumn 2020 represented a milestone in Ukraine's reform process. The breakfast discussion focused on trends and peculiarities of the electoral process, the strategies of the individual parties and the influence of COVID-19.

The future of the EU and Euroscepticism – German perspectives in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

Daniel Freund, MEP Greens/European Free Alliance, discussed what influence the pandemic has on euroscepticism in Germany and Europe and how the EU can decisively counter this development.

integration 3/20

The negotiations on digital taxation models, opportunities for Austrian-German cooperation, challenges of the German EU Council Presidency and the participatory approach of the Conference on the Future of Europe are analyzed in this issue.

Policy paper – Make EU economic policy accountable

Strengthening Democratic Legitimacy

European economic governance is too complex for a sufficient democratic legitimacy.