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Seven trials for von der Leyen (Commentary)
Pawel Zerka - 18 July 2019
Seven key challenges lie ahead of von der Leyen who will have to invent a magic formula to solve the political puzzles of the European Union
Policy Brief
From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
by Carl Bildt, Mark Leonard - 17th July, 2019
The EU must defend its rule-of-law revolution (Commentary)
Piotr Buras - 11 July 2019
A recent EU court ruling has sent a chill down the spines of populist governments determined to undermine judicial independence. The new Commission must defend this crucial victory.
Policy Brief
Machine politics: Europe and the AI revolution
by Ulrike Franke & Paola Sartori - 11th July, 2019
Europe’s emigration paradox (Commentary)
Pawel Zerka - 09 July 2019
Emigration is as much a worry for some European citizens as immigration, if not more so. What should the EU and member states do about this?
The EU's New Top Personnel
This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses the new faces of the European Council: from Ursula von der Leyen to Josep Borrell, these are the figures who will lead Europe over the coming years. Mark is joined by an all-star cast from four ECFR offices across Europe.
Bookshelf:
Wes Mitchell: Perhapsburg (American Interest)
Francis Fukuyama: Identity
John Mearsheimer: The Great Dillusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities
Alexandros Yannis: Chimera: A Novel
Luuk von Middelaar: Alarums and Excursions – Improving Politics on the European Stage
Parag Khanna: The Future is Asian
German philosophy about Europe from Immanuel Kant to Jürgen Habermas
Robert Menasse: Die Hauptstadt
ECFR: Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to actThe podcast was recorded on 5 July 2019
Europe in no man’s land (Commentary)
José Ignacio Torreblanca - 05 July 2019
To remain relevant in the twenty-first century Europe needs to revamp its toolbox by integrating its capabilities.
Time for deputy prime ministers for European affairs (Commentary)
Caroline de Gruyter - 05 July 2019
Member states are seizing power back from Brussels – but instead they should be engaging ever more deeply
Spitzenkandidaten poker (Commentary)
Josef Janning - 03 July 2019
For most voters, the battle over people and positions would be revealing if only it wasn’t so confusing. It is misleading to frame the nomination process as an example of backroom politics prevailing over parliamentary democracy.
France's European strategy: The reality check with Shahin Vallée
Ever since his Sorbonne speech in the summer of 2017, Emmanuel Macron has been in search for allies to support his vision of a Renaissance for Europe. His first bet was the alliance with Germany, difficult enough to get in light of Merkel’s scepticism about high flying concepts. Macron then had to deal with opposition from the North, conflicts with Italy and lack of outreach to the East. After the European election, our speaker has told the Guardian, Macron appears to have lost essential momentum: “Once a beacon of hope for change, the president risks turning into a junior coalition partner in the management of a status quo in Europe.” What is next for France and for Macron’s Europe strategy?
The event was held on 3 July 2019 in ECFR's Berlin office.
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Flash Scorecard
Independence play: Europe’s pursuit of strategic autonomy
by Ulrike Esther Franke & Tara Varma - 18th July, 2019
To fulfil its true potential, the EU needs to end its strategic cacophony and focus on capability building
Policy Brief
Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to act
by Mark Leonard & Jeremy Shapiro - 25th June, 2019
The EU needs to learn to think like a geopolitical power.
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Policy Brief
From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
by Carl Bildt, Mark Leonard - 17th July, 2019
Policy Brief
Machine politics: Europe and the AI revolution
by Ulrike Franke & Paola Sartori - 11th July, 2019
Policy Brief
Rescuing multilateralism
by Anthony Dworkin & Richard Gowan - 25th June, 2019
The turmoil in the current system represents an opportunity for Europeans to shape a new order that meets their strategic needs.
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Policy Brief
Protecting Europe against hybrid threats
by Gustav Gressel - 25th June, 2019
Europe should pursue a ‘dual track’ approach of confrontation followed by dialogue with unfriendly cyber powers.
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Policy Brief
Building Europeans’ capacity to defend themselves
by Nick Witney - 25th June, 2019
To hedge against US disengagement without precipitating it, Europeans should converge on “taking a greater share of the burden of defending Europe”
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Policy Brief
Meeting the challenge of secondary sanctions
by Ellie Geranmayeh & Manuel Lafont Rapnouil - 25th June, 2019
The EU and its member states should strengthen their sanctions policy and begin to build up their deterrence and resilience against secondary sanctions
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A fistful of dollars: Europe and US sanctions (Commentary)
Jonathan Hackenbroich & Mark Leonard - 15 August 2019
The European Union needs an Office for Financial Asset Control to defend its home industry against sanctions
Boris Johnson and the politics of neo-poodleism (Commentary)
Jeremy Shapiro - 09 August 2019
With Brexit approaching, Boris Johnson will be keen to capitalise on access to Washington. But don't expect much from Trump.
Nothing to see here: Europe and the INF treaty (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 05 August 2019
Europeans have responded to the death of the INF treaty with seeming indifference - and are expressing their reluctance to accept that nuclear issues are back on the agenda
Russiagate and Italy’s governing coalition (Commentary)
Teresa Coratella - 31 July 2019
A domestic political scandal threatens to destabilise the League-Five Star coalition
Denmark’s shift towards an ever greener union (Commentary)
by Jakob Dreyer and Christine Nissen - 29 July 2019
With a domestic debate on the EU looming, the Danish government appears likely to strike a new agreement on its Europe policy.
Can Europe become a global player? (Commentary)
Mark Leonard - 23 July 2019
As the nominee to serve as the EU's next high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell will have an opportunity to update Europe's approach to foreign policy. Chief among the challenges facing the bloc is the reassertion of its own sovereignty in an age of great-power politics.
Europe risks irrelevance in the age of great power competition (Commentary)
Carl Bildt - 22 July 2019
An unpredictable US, rising China and revanchist Russia pose serious strategic challenges
Prominent Europeans call for change in approach to EU foreign policy (Commentary)
- 22 July 2019
Now that Ursula von der Leyen has been appointed European Commission President, European governments must turn their focus on how Europe can stand up for itself and its citizens
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The EU's New Top Personnel
This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses the new faces of the European Council: from Ursula von der Leyen to Josep Borrell, these are the figures who will lead Europe over the coming years. Mark is joined by an all-star cast from four ECFR offices across Europe.
Bookshelf:
Wes Mitchell: Perhapsburg (American Interest)
Francis Fukuyama: Identity
John Mearsheimer: The Great Dillusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities
Alexandros Yannis: Chimera: A Novel
Luuk von Middelaar: Alarums and Excursions – Improving Politics on the European Stage
Parag Khanna: The Future is Asian
German philosophy about Europe from Immanuel Kant to Jürgen Habermas
Robert Menasse: Die Hauptstadt
ECFR: Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to actThe podcast was recorded on 5 July 2019
France's European strategy: The reality check with Shahin Vallée
Ever since his Sorbonne speech in the summer of 2017, Emmanuel Macron has been in search for allies to support his vision of a Renaissance for Europe. His first bet was the alliance with Germany, difficult enough to get in light of Merkel’s scepticism about high flying concepts. Macron then had to deal with opposition from the North, conflicts with Italy and lack of outreach to the East. After the European election, our speaker has told the Guardian, Macron appears to have lost essential momentum: “Once a beacon of hope for change, the president risks turning into a junior coalition partner in the management of a status quo in Europe.” What is next for France and for Macron’s Europe strategy?
The event was held on 3 July 2019 in ECFR's Berlin office.
What is Europe's maritime security role in the South China Sea?
Le podcast de notre BCM du 24 juin « What is Europe's maritime security role in the South China Sea? » en présence de Mathieu Duchâtel, directeur du programme Asie à l’Institut Montaigne, Delphine O, ambassadrice et secrétaire générale de la Conférence mondiale de l’ONU et John Nilsson-Wright, senior fellow au programme AsiaPacific de Chatman House.
Expecting the Unexpected?: the UK & the 2019 European elections
At our recent event in London, ECFR's Director Mark Leonard and MEP candidates Laura Parker, Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Irina von Wiese and Shahrar Ali, moderated by Mary Kaldor, discussed what to expect from this week’s European elections in the United Kingdom.
United States of Europe? Panel with German EU election candidates
At the Humbold Symposium 2019 in Berlin, ECFR's director Mark Leonard moderated a panel discussion with Katarina Barley; German Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection; Damian Boeselager, Vice-President of Volt Europa; Nicola Beer, General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party; Sven Giegold, Member of the European Parliament; Daniel Caspary, Chairman of the German CDU/CSU-delegation in the European Parliament. Among others, the panel discussed the Spitzenkandidaten process, new models of digital taxation, and what to do with Viktor Orban.
L'avenir de la démocratie en Europe
Podcast de notre conférence du 24 avril « L'avenir de la démocratie en Europe » en partenariat avec la Revue Esprit, en présence d’Ivan Krastev, président du Centre for Liberal Strategies et co-fondateur de l’ECFR, Vincent Martigny, chercheur associé au Centre de recherches politiques de Science Po, Susi Dennison, directrice du programme Europe Puissance de l’ECFR et de Tara Varma, directrice adjointe du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR.
L’état des opinions européennes à l’aube des élections de mai 2019
Podcast de notre BCM du 10 avril « L’état des opinions européennes à l’aube des élections de mai 2019 » en présence de Natalie Nougayrède, chroniqueuse pour The Guardian, Guillaume Liegey, PDG et fondateur de Liegey Muller Pons et modéré par Susi Dennison, directrice du programme Europe Puissance de l’ECFR.
Gilets Jaunes: A French crisis?
Mark Leonard speaks with Simon Kuper, Tara Varma and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about the Yellow Vest Movement, and whetherit’s only a French phenomenon. The podcast was recorded on 21 March 2019.
Bookshelf:
Sur le fil de l'asile by Pasquale Brice
Harcelées by Astrid de Villaines
Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain by Fintan O’Toole
Twilight of the Elites: Prosperity, the Periphery, and the Future of France by Christophe Guilluy & Malcolm DeBevoise
The 2019 European Election: How anti-Europeans plan to wreck European and what can be done to stop it by Susi Dennison and Pawel Zerka
Why Viktor Orbán and his allies won’t win the EU elections by Ivan Krastev
Will the yellow vests movement spread across Europe? by Tara Varma
Secrets of the populist playbook: How a new breed of political strategist paved the way for Trump and Orbán by Simon Kuper
Video: Borrell returns: His vision for Europe
ECFR - 22 May 2019
An exclusive ECFR Madrid interview with Josep Borrell, Spanish Foreign Minister and lead PSOE candidate for the European Parliament elections, on the European Union and his vision for it
Video: Ivan Krastev on fears and hopes ahead of the European Parliament election
Ivan Krastev - 09 May 2019
Ivan Krastev talks from Warsaw on how voters in many EU countries are more worried about nationals leaving the country than about foreigners coming in, as a recent ECFR survey shows.
Video: “War and Peace: Has Trump made the world more dangerous?”
Mark Leonard - 26 April 2019
Mark Leonard participates in a debate organised by The Institute of Art and Ideas (IAI) in London.
Video: The Four Crises of Europe: Felipe González and the European Elections
José Ignacio Torreblanca - 08 April 2019
ECFR Madrid sits down with former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González to discuss topics such as the state of the European Union ahead of May's European Parliament elections, the rise of Eurosceptic parties, Brexit, and relations with the US and Russia.
Video: How to restore democracy in Venezuela? Interview with Felipe González
José Ignacio Torreblanca - 07 February 2019
ECFR Madrid in collaboration with Fundación Felipe González recorded a conversation between former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González and Head of the ECFR Madrid Office José Ignacio Torreblanca on the situation in Venezuela and the legitimacy of Juan Guaidó’s claim to the presidency.
Video: Video: A new European security in a new strategic environment
Katharina Botel-Azzinnaro - 21 June 2018
How can security be achieved in an age of connectivity?
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Irish Times
22nd August, 2019
Almut Möller is quoted by the Irish Times on the position of Germany in the Brexit negotiations.
Politico
22nd August, 2019
Piotr Buras, Head of ECFR Warsaw Office, publishes in Politico an analysis of Polands change of tune for European topics ahead of the parliamentary elections.
Der Tagesspiegel
11th August, 2019
Der Tagesspiegel publishes Council Member Carl Bildt and ECFR Director Mark Leonard's essay on how Europe can become a global player.
Die Zeit
07th August, 2019
In a guest column Jonathan Hackenbroich and Mark Leonard advise on how the EU could protect its industries from secondary sanctions.
Le soir
26th July, 2019
Mark Leonard is quoted in Le Soir about a redesign of the European Union's foreign policy
Toute l’Europe
24th July, 2019
Mark Leonard is quoted in Toute l'Europe regarding the election of Boris Jonhson.
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Past events
Can Europe’s new leadership deliver on strategic sovereignty?
Brussels - 11 Jul 19
In cooperation with European Foreign Ministries, the EEAS and Bruegel, "Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to act" looks at the different ways that, in a world of superpower competition, Europe is in danger of becoming a plaything of other powers.
Europa, ¿quo vadis?
Madrid - 20 Jun 19
La oficina de Madrid de ECFR organiza este evento en colaboración con la Fundación Bertelsmann para tratar sobre el futuro de la Unión Europea en esta nueva legislatura y sobre qué quieren realmente los ciudadanos.
Folkemødet: The hope and fear paradox
- 15 Jun 19
Panel discussion at the Folkemødet with Susanne Baumann, Lykke Friis, Stina Soewarta and Catharina Sørensen
European Parliament: how European Will It Be?
Warsaw - 11 Jun 19
Summary of the debate about consequences of PE election for future shape of the European Union.
¿Qué Europa quieres?: Una conversación con Josep Borrell
Madrid - 06 Jun 19
La oficina de Madrid del Consejo Europeo de Relaciones Exteriores (ECFR) organiza el evento, "¿Qué Europa quieres? Una conversación con Josep Borrell".
Ce que veulent les citoyens européens : un bilan des élections européennes
Paris - Élections europeénnes 2019 - 28 May 19
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à un Black Coffee Morning avec Susi Dennison, Pierre Vimont, Pawel Zerka et modéré par Laure Mandeville, sur le thème : « Ce que veulent les citoyens européens : un bilan des élections européennes ».