The self-emasculation of mainstream politics
In Europe and the US, mainstream politicians are losing ground as they pander to populist fantasies
Note from Berlin
The EU trade strategy: Where is the “strategic” part?
Though individual goals of the EU’s trade strategy are laudable, by all usual definitions, it is not really a strategy at all
How to react to Kyiv’s political crisis
At a certain point, Europe will have to decide wether it wants implementation of Minsk or reforms in Ukraine – it can't put its own weight behind both
The complex tale of EU cohesion
Josef Janning discusses the first set of results from ECFR’s EU Cohesion Monitor
Angela Merkel’s Plan B?
Will the Chancellor be forced to go against her instincts on Schengen?
Make Libya a priority
Germany has a lot to lose if the situation in Libya turns sour, but a lot to gain if diplomacy is given the support to succeed
What future for the Weimar Triangle?
Cooperation between France, Germany and Poland is looking more illusory than ever before
Russia’s hybrid interference in Germany’s refugee policy
Russian-sponsored anti-refugee rhetoric in Germany bears the hallmarks of a hybrid intervention
Germany’s gambit: Turkey and the refugee crisis
With domestic pressure over migration numbers growing, Angela Merkel is the EU leader most eager to engage with Turkey
The end of Europakonsens?
The EU's inabiliity to face up to its various crises is threatening a long-assumed certainty: Germany's commitment to European integration