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May 2024
InvigoratEU from A to Z: Key concepts and terminology
22/05/2024
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invigoratEU
With new momentum for EU enlargement policy, InvigoratEU develops analytical frameworks, policy recommendations, tools and toolboxes to further invigorate the process. How the concepts and key terms fit together is laid out in the analytical glossary.
EU Integration of Ukraine: Institutional Challenges in the Agricultural Sector
21/05/2024
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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.
Between repression and democratic conviction: Perspectives for the Belarusian civil society
07/05/2024
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VisiBYlity Belarus
What are the future prospects for the democratic movement in Belarus and in exile? As part of the VisiBYlity project, we held a discussion with German and Belarusian experts at the Heinrich Böll Foundation on 29 April 2024.
April 2024
Lunch debate: Reforming amid protests – How should the EU’s future Common Agricultural Policy address enlargement and climate change?
30/04/2024
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Europe talks
How can reforms of EU agricultural policies address farmers' discontent, Ukraine's EU aspirations, and climate challenges at the same time? Transparency and collaboration among Member States are crucial, argued experts at IEP’s lunch debate.
1st Ukraine Perspectives Talk “Assessing the challenges for agri-food public authorities”
30/04/2024
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ukraine-perspectives
The CAP reform is crucial for the next EU enlargement steps and agriculture is an important strategic factor for Ukraine. At the UP Talk, Dr Oleg Nivievskyi presented his policy paper on the role of public institutions in this process.
4th German-Ukrainian Breakfast Debate
25/04/2024
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ua-transformation-lab
What is the current status of the German-Ukrainian security cooperation and what legal options are there for confiscating frozen Russian assets and making them available to Ukraine? These questions were discussed in Kyiv on 25 April 2024.
March 2024
3rd German-Ukrainian Breakfast Debate x Ukraine Insights
21/03/2024
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ua-transformation-lab
What consequences did the Russian occupation have for the people of Crimea, for Ukraine and for the entire region? These challenges were discussed at the 3rd German-Ukrainian Breakfast Debate in cooperation with the Center for Liberal Modernity and Ukrainian Prism.
NEXT4EU perspectives on Moldova’s EU integration
18/03/2024
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Next4EU
At the European Council summit on 21/22 March 2024, Moldova's progress with regard to EU accession negotiations will be reviewed. In four contributions, participants of our NEXT4EU trip take a look at existing challenges for Moldova's EU integration process.
Future Europe: InvigoratEU Kick-Off Conference in Tbilisi
11/03/2024
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invigoratEU
Geopolitics, modernization and future Europe. How should EU enlargement policy be shaped in the future? The kick-off conference in Georgia launches the InvigoratEU project and unites European, institutional, civil society and academic perspectives.
February 2024
Policy Dialogues on European Reform Priorities
02/02/2024
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Next4EU
Moldova continues to work on implementing the nine European reform priorities. Their implementation at the local level was the subject of our NEXT4EU Policy Dialogues.
January 2024
NEXT4EU Exchange Visit to Moldova
19/01/2024
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Next4EU
On the eve of the European Council’s decision on Moldova’s EU Accession Negotiations in December 2023, a group of German think tankers, researchers, civil society and media representatives visited the Republic of Moldova.
EU Trainings for Moldovan Youth
18/01/2024
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Next4EU
How can young people support Moldova’s Europeanization process? The trainings targeted young Moldovans across the country to increase their knowledge about the EU integration process of Moldova and how they can get involved in this process on the local level.
Final Report of the Spinelli Forum 2023
11/01/2024
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Spinelli Forum
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.
December 2023
“Potential of the EU integration of Ukraine’s agricultural market” – Ukraine Perspectives Expert Roundtable
15/12/2023
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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.
Lunch Debate: Strategic stepping stones and stumbling blocks on the road to EU enlargement
14/12/2023
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Europe talks
This IEP-Lunch Debate addressed the relationship between EU enlargement and reforms at the time of the December European Council meeting. Enlargement and reforms should go hand in hand, but which reforms are necessary and how they should be implemented is controversial.
Lunch debate: The MFF under scrutiny: Cohesion policy in an enlarging European Union
08/12/2023
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Europe talks
The EIB-IEP lunch debate discussed the future of cohesion policy in the context of "Next Generation EU" and the EU's enlargement ambitions. The balance between scope, efficiency and reform orientation of cohesion policy will be decisive in the new multiannual financial framework.
Public Panel Discussion: Jointly Strengthening Europe: Germany and Italy in Times of Global Challenges
05/12/2023
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Spinelli Forum
Video recording of the public panel discussion of the third German-Italian Young Leaders' Dialogue - Spinelli Forum - on 20 November 2023 at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.
2nd German-Ukrainian Breakfast Debate
04/12/2023
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ua-transformation-lab
How can German-Ukrainian relations be sustainably expanded in times of war and in which areas is support most urgently needed? At the 2nd German-Ukrainian Breakfast Debate, key challenges in the areas of security and EU rapprochement were discussed.
Final Conference of the Spinelli Forum 2023
04/12/2023
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Spinelli Forum
In November 2023, 30 German and 30 Italian young leaders convened in Berlin to discuss current European policy issues and to formulate recommendations for action.
October 2023
First NEXT4EU Policy Dialogue in Chișinău
23/10/2023
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Next4EU
What is the implementation level of the reform steps proposed by the European Commission in its opinion on Moldova’s EU membership application? The first NEXT4EU Policy Dialogue discussed reform efforts with Moldovan state representatives and civil society experts.