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December 2025
integration 04/25
15/12/2025
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integration
In issue 4/25 of integration, you can read analyses of the role of right-wing populist governments in EU decision-making processes, security cooperation among Member States, EU trade policy with China and the digital euro, among other topics.
November 2025
The Missing Link in EU Accession: Civil Society Driving Rule of Law and Integration
13/11/2025
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Europe talks
The 2025 Enlargement Package shows that Enlargement is within reach, yet public scepticism persists. This IEP panel discussed reform progress, challenges in candidate countries as well as member states, and why a strong civil society is essential for a credible process.
October 2025
Pathways to Progress: Multistakeholder Dialogue in Berlin
30/10/2025
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Pathways to Progress
Rule of law, resilience and reform momentum: At the Multistakeholder Dialogue in Berlin, Ukrainian and German stakeholders discussed how Ukraine’s EU accession process can be advanced despite political blockades and strategically supported in Germany.
How to conceptualise rule of law resilience
29/10/2025
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Resilio Access
The RESILIO-ACCESS model visualises an approach to measure rule of law resilience. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, it identifies primary and subsidiary resilience resources and the stressors against which the rule of law must persist.
Snap Elections in the Netherlands in 2025
28/10/2025
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EU Election Monitor
Election year 2025: What impact will national elections in the EU have on European policy? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. The early parliamentary elections in the Netherlands took place on 29 October 2025.
Presidential Elections Ireland 2025
22/10/2025
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EU Election Monitor
Election year 2025: What impact will national elections in the EU have on European politics? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. The presidential election in Ireland took place on 24 October 2025.
parliamentary election Czechia 2025
02/10/2025
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EU Election Monitor
Election year 2025: What impact will national elections in the EU have on European policy? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. Parliamentary elections in Czechia took place on October 3 and 4, 2025.
July 2025
integration 02/25
08/07/2025
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integration
50 years of the European Council – issue 2/2025 of integration is dedicated to this European key institution and addresses it from a historical, juridical and political perspective. With an article by Herman Van Rompuy, former president of the European Council.
June 2025
Round Table on European Democracy: Presidential election Romania
17/06/2025
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Europe talks
At the first Round Table on European Democracy 2025, Professor Dr Melania-Gabriela Ciot presented an analysis of voting behaviour, Russian influence and the European political consequences of the presidential election in Romania.
Multistakeholder Dialogue in Kyiv
16/06/2025
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Pathways to Progress
EU integration is helping to advance rule of law reforms in Ukraine despite ongoing Russian aggression. During the hybrid exchange on the status of the accession process in Kyiv, Ukrainian representatives expressed their determination to maintain the reform momentum.
Presidential Elections Poland 2025
02/06/2025
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EU Election Monitor
Election year 2025: What are the European policy implications of national elections in the EU? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. The presidential elections in Poland took place on 18 May 2025.
May 2025
Early parliamentary election Portugal 2025
15/05/2025
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EU Election Monitor
Election year 2025: What are the European policy implications of national elections in the EU? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. The early parliamentary elections in Portugal took place on 18 May 2025.
RESILIO-ACCESS Kick-off Meeting in Skopje
07/05/2025
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Resilio Access
What are the factors that make the rule of law resilient to threats and crises? The kick-off meeting of RESILIO-ACCESS in Skopje, North Macedonia, discussed resilience of the rule of law and the role of the EU accession process.
April 2025
Rerun of the presidential election in Romania 2025
29/04/2025
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EU Election Monitor
Election year 2025: What are the European policy implications of national elections in the EU? The IEP identifies their implications for Germany and Europe. The new presidential election in Romania took place on 4 May 2025, followed by the second round on 18 May.
Euroscepticism in Georgia – Local Policy Dialogues and Policy Memo
15/04/2025
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GEO4EU
Georgia faces the rise of illiberalism and anti-EU rhetoric. What are the main tools behind these developments, and how can these challenges be better addressed by emphasising the importance of democracy?
Federal election Germany 2025 - European policy in the coalition agreement
11/04/2025
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EU Election Monitor
What changes does the new federal government envisage for German European policy? In a video series, experts from the Institute for European Politics analyse the possible European policy implications of the coalition agreement.
A new German European policy: Merz’ Intergovernmentalism or von der Leyen’s Supranationalisation?
01/04/2025
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Berlin Perspectives
Many eyes follow the ongoing coalition talks between the conversatives and social democrats closely: will the new German government take on a stronger leadership role in the European Union?Julian Plottka analyses how German European policy could develop in the future.
February 2025
Germany votes, Europe counts: Rule of law
11/02/2025
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EUle
York Albrecht, research associate at the IEP Berlin, explains why protecting the rule of law is crucial not only for Germany, but for Europe as a whole.
Germany votes, Europe counts: Civil Society
10/02/2025
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EUle
Rainer Hub, Chairman of the Speakers' Council of the Federal Network for Civic Engagement in the German Parliamentary Elections and Europe, emphasises that our values will have no global impact without European unity.
January 2025
German Federal Elections – Germany votes, Europe counts
23/01/2025
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EU Election Monitor
What influence do the German parliamentary elections have on issues and decision-making processes within the EU? The Germany Votes, Europe Counts cooperation project uses various highlights to shed light on the potential impact of the election results on EU policy areas.