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Central and Eastern Europe

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October 2022
Protecting the rule of law: The case of Poland
11/10/2022
Paper
Berlin Perspectives
The new budget conditionality mechanism opens pathways to effectively curbing democratic backsliding in the EU. Making use of its proclaimed "Zeitenwende", Germany should use its leverage and take a more pro-active approach – as in the case of Poland – to defend the rule of law.
September 2022
War in Ukraine – Different Perspectives from Germany and the EU?
14/09/2022
Post
rEUnify
The war against Ukraine demands the solidarity of European states. However, different perspectives on the war are emerging in Germany and its neighbouring countries. Those were the topic of the discussion concluding the rEUnify project in Dresden.
Europe's illiberal challenge: Value preferences and strategic populism in Central and Eastern Europe
13/09/2022
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Europe talks
Applying rule of law instruments earlier and more consistently – Dr Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate at the Federal Foreign Office, discussed the influence of illiberal parties in Central and Eastern Europe with Dr Funda Tekin at a digital Lunch Debate.
June 2022
Policy Paper: The illiberal challenge of the EU – Value divergence in Central and Eastern Europe?
28/06/2022
Paper
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.
March 2022
Essay collection on European unification in Central Europe 1989/2004 and beyond
10/03/2022
Paper
EUritage
Several essays examine different perspectives from countries in Central Europe on the process of European unification after 1989 and 2004. In addition they discuss how we can commemorate the successes of democratic reforms and EU enlargement today.
January 2022
Study: Value preferences and political trends in Central and Eastern Europe
20/01/2022
Paper
Value Divergence Central and Eastern Europe
Illiberal values in Central and Eastern Europe receive less support than some governments might suggest. Their policies often serve mere power interests. Our study provides concrete suggestions for dealing with authoritarian-populist governments in CEE.
January 2021
Meet the Eurasia Lab fellows
25/01/2021
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Eurasia Lab Fellowship Program
Three research teams for the fellowship have been chosen and are introduced.
December 2020
30 years of peaceful revolutions in Europe: How do we deal with democracy and the rule of law today?
03/12/2020
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Civil Dialogues
Poland and Hungary are vetoing a rule of law mechanism in the EU budget. Marek Prawda, EU Commission in Poland, discussed how to solve the blockade, strengthen democracies and defend areas for civil society engagement.
November 2020
Workshop: Developing project ideas and writing funding applications
26/11/2020
Post
Eurasia Lab Fellowship Program
Application writing should not be outsourced completely, the administrative work not underestimated. Eurasia-researchers got new impulses.
July 2020
Essay Challenge
 – EUritage
02/07/2020
Post
EUritage
To mark the 30th anniversary of the democratic revolutions in Central Europe as well as the 15th anniversary of joining the European Union, the project invited students from Central Europe to participate in the EUritage essay competition "Central Europe, the EU and myself".
Online citizens' dialogue: Better together in the center of Europe
02/07/2020
Post
Civil Dialogues
The current living together in the border area Saxony, Poland, Czech Republic was discussed by Anna Cavazzini, MEP, and Marek Prawda, European Commission. The necessity of bilateral relations and the current situation in Poland were central topics.
June 2020
integration 2/20
30/06/2020
Print
integration
Strategies and learnings from the Brexit negotiations, the pros and cons of a (de)centralized European fiscal union, the infringement proceedings against Hungary, the EU gender equality strategy as well as Euroscepticism and democracy dismantling are topics of this issue.
May 2020
Eastern European insights: The repercussions of Zelensky’s deadline for Donbas
07/05/2020
Post
Berlin Policy Hub
Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow at the New Europe Center (Ukraine) takes stock of the first year of Volodymyr Zelensky's presidency. Special focus is given to his political concessions and Germany's role in the conflict settlement with Russia in Eastern Ukraine.
April 2020
Non-recognised states, security threats and post conflict ‘stateness’: The quartet of post-Soviet space
07/04/2020
Paper
EUCACIS
For non-recognised states, the road to internal and external statehood is long and complicated. The paper presents the ‘Peace Index’ as an assessment method for statehood, using the examples of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria.