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EU Cohesion Monitor 2019: The untold story of European resilience
Almut Möller - 11 April, 2019
ECFR’s newly released Cohesion Monitor charts a decade of upheaval in Europe – and reveals that European cohesion is now, in fact, stronger than in the pre-crisis year of 2007
A blueprint for measuring European cohesion
Christoph Klavehn - 11 April, 2019
Learn about the methodological framework of the EU Cohesion Monitor and the quest for better pan-European data.
The unwavering European: Spain and its place in Europe
Laia Mestres - 5 April, 2019
ECFR’s Coalition Explorer shows Spain to be an outlier in Europe – as it places great weight on foreign policy. But could new political turbulence thwart its ambitions once more?
Shoring up European cohesion: The multiplier effect of political engagement
Timor Landherr & Oliver Unverdorben - 28 March, 2019
Only by comprehensively democratising the European project can we meaningfully strengthen European cohesion.
Will Poland be an enfant terrible of the post-Brexit EU?
Adam Balcer - 18 March, 2019
A Polish-Italian alliance may counteract the Franco-German driving force for European integration.
Brexit bravado: Can the UK build a new continental coalition?
Euan Carss - 11 March, 2019
EU member states’ high regard for Britain in security and defence may be on the wane. What can London do to stop the slide in the post-Brexit era?
Can Europe create strong energy and climate coalitions?
Marin Lessenski - 1 March, 2019
Smaller EU member states are most committed and best place to push for alliances for a common energy policy and address climate change.
Italy in the EU: shared priorities, provocative politics
Federico Solfrini - 25 February, 2019
The European Parliament election may reveal if Italians prefer the populist or far-right wing of the governing coalition
EU Coalition Explorer
Austria’s toughest EU presidency
Sofia Maria Satanakis - 18 February, 2019
Although Austria has the potential to influence EU policymaking more, the country often stands in its own way.
EU Coalition Explorer
Hungary for more: Viktor Orbán’s new European battles
Zsuzsanna Végh - 13 February, 2019
ECFR’s EU28 Survey reveals that Hungary manages to outpoll even the United Kingdom as the “most disappointing” EU member state. But May’s European Parliament poll is likely to see it dig in rather than change course.
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Policy Brief
Untapped potential: How new alliances can strengthen the EU
Josef Janning, Almut Möller - 21 June, 2019
Fragmentation in the EU makes it increasingly difficult for member states to build coalitions. The EU Coalition Explorer reveals potential new groupings.
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Policy Brief
Crisis and Cohesion in the European Union: A Ten-Year Review
Josef Janning - 5 February, 2018
Despite financial and refugee crises, research suggests the European Union is getting stronger, not weaker.
Policy Brief
Exploring EU Coalitions
Christoph Klavehn, Josef Janning, Christel Zunneberg - 16 October, 2017
New essay collection points way to potential coalitions for flexible European cooperation
The invisible web – from interaction to coalition-building in the EU
Josef Janning & Christel Zunneberg - 22 May, 2017
Survey of experts in 28 capitals illuminates the complex network of relationships among EU member states.
Policy Brief
Keeping Europeans together
Josef Janning (editor) - 20 September, 2016
This volume reflects the diversity of European cohesion. It provides the national context and personal assessments from 28 EU member states.
Making sense of Europe’s cohesion challenge
Josef Janning - 11 May, 2016
A new study from ECFR shows that, perhaps surprisingly, between 2007 and 2014, cohesion among EU member states has improved, even after years of crises.
Paying the price: The cost of Europe’s refugee crisis
Sebastian Dullien - 28 April, 2016
Europe can more sustainably and cost-efficiently handle refugee arrivals by centralising management at a European level
Policy Brief
Connectivity Wars
Ulrike Esther Franke, Mark Leonard - 20 January, 2016
Why migration, finance and trade are the geo-economic battlegrounds of the future
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Note from Berlin
Shared goals: How Germany’s crisis response could strengthen Europe
Jana Puglierin - 28 April, 2020
Berlin has quietly made concessions to new calls for greater solidarity. But back home this consensus may not last forever.
Note from Berlin
No alternative: What the AfD wants for Europe
René Wildangel - 5 March, 2020
Despite its preoccupation with borders, the worldview of the AfD makes no distinction between foreign and domestic policy – and the party is using both to extend its deleterious influence.
Ill will: Populism and the coronavirus
Pawel Zerka - 5 March, 2020
Sooner or later, the coronavirus will be gone. In the meantime, it will test Europe’s resilience against not just epidemics but misinformation and scapegoating.
Charm defensive: Macron and the Germans at the Munich Security Conference
Jana Puglierin - 20 February, 2020
To hope that German defence policy will become more French is equivalent to waiting for Godot.
Note from Berlin
The slow death of ambition: German foreign policy after Kramp-Karrenbauer's resignation
Jana Puglierin - 13 February, 2020
The grand coalition will continue to be a kind of caretaker government in its lack of a big foreign policy vision.
Final call: Macron goes to Poland
Pawel Zerka - 30 January, 2020
Emmanuel Macron should not shrink from addressing Poland’s democratic backsliding when he visits next week – and other EU leaders should quickly follow his lead.
Spain’s new culture war
José Ignacio Torreblanca - 7 January, 2020
The inauguration of the most fragmented parliament since 1978 will usher in a period of culture war centring on national identity.
Views from the Council
How grassroots democracy can cure the ills of central Europe
Zdeněk Hřib, Gergely Karácsony, Rafał Trzaskowski, Matúš Vallo - 16 December, 2019
A new “Pact of Free Cities” is launching to combat populism, promote transparency, and tackle the climate crisis.
You better bring a book – the start of the EU’s lengthy budget talks
Negotiations over the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021 – 2027 just have started. But as tensions and divergences between the EU member states are rising, a final agreement seems considerably far away for now. The European Union is subject to a series of unprecedented constraints, the most significant one being the UK’s departure and the withdrawal of the money it once granted. Still, the implications of the budget allocation are manifold and extremely far-reaching. It will affect major themes which stand at the very basis of the Union and its future role on the global stage, such as national sovereignty, climate and innovation. Our Director Mark Leonard is joined by ECFR co-chair and director of the Danish think tank EUROPA Lykke Friis, as well as ECFR experts Jonathan Hackenbroich and Pawel Zerka to dissect the ongoing status of the discussions.
This podcast was recorded on 25 February 2020.
Inspired by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, here are some recommendations by our podcast crew on what to read during the long hours of MFF negotiations:
Bookshelf:
- "Den nya oredans tid" by Carl Bildt
- "The three escapes by Hannah Arendt" by Ken Krimstein
- "The books of Jacob" by Olga Tokarczuk
- "Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System" by Barry Eichengreen
- "Håbets Europa" by Lykke Friis
- "En kuffert i Berlin: Rejse i Angela Merkels Tyskland" by Lykke Friis
Midterm elections: Will US foreign policy change?
Mark Leonard speaks with Craig Kennedy, Jeremy Shapiro and Anna Kuchenbecker about the election results and Donald Trump's tenure. The podcast was recorded on 8th November 2018.
Bookshelf:
The Great Delusion by John J. Mearsheimer
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Lords of the Desert by James Barr
The Coming of Democracy by Mark R. Cheathem
A world without Angela Merkel
What does Angela Merkel’s decision to stand down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) mean for Germany and Europe? Mark Leonard discusses with Josef Janning and Susi Dennison the political implications, and expectations for party leadership: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Friedrich Merz, Jens Spahn.
The podcast was recorded on 31 October 2018.
Bookshelf
ECFR’s EU Coalition Explorer
Counter-Revolution - Liberal Europe in Retreat by Jan Zielonka
Fauda, NetflixECFR Berlin: Kooperation und Konflikt in der EU
Eine Podiumsdiskussion mit
Anne-Marie Descôtes, Botschafterin der Französischen Republik in Deutschland
Michael Roth, Staatsminister für Europa, Auswärtiges Amt
Moderation: Lykke Friis, Korrespondentin Berlingske, dänische Ministerin für Klima und Energie a.D.
Input: Josef Janning, Leiter ECFR Berlin und Senior Policy FellowMehr Informationen unter: https://www.ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer
Close Contact? Coalition Building in the EU
ECFR’s EU28 Survey reveals the interactions, perceptions, and chemistry between the 28 EU member states. This week, Mark Leonard joins Josef Janning, Christoph Klavehn and Almut Möller to discuss findings of the expert poll that will be published in the “EU Coalition Explorer” on Thursday, 30 October 2018.
Bookshelf:
- EU Coalition Explorer (Stay tuned for the new edition on 30 October)
- Country analyses with data from the EU28 Survey by Josef Janning and Almut Möller
- Poems by Tomáš Kafka
- 1815 Waterloo by Thierry LentzThis podcast was recorded on 25 October.
German government crisis
Mark Leonard speaks with Josef Janning, Silvia Francescon, Piotr Buras and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about the major rift between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior minister over migrant policy.
Bookshelf:
L'Ordre du jour by Eric Vuillard
The Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman
The Mask it Wears by Pankaj Mishra
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