Rerouting goodwill: The risks of diverting aid from Africa to Europe
European countries risk undermining their Africa strategies if they continue to neglect the numerous crises on the continent and divert aid to Europe
ECFR Council
7 Jun
Annual Council Meeting 2023
The Annual Council Meeting 2023 will take place on 7-8 June in Stockholm
The power of pragmatism: Nuclear energy, technological innovation, and the green transition
To propel the green transition, the EU needs to combine more self-sufficiency in nuclear energy with a forward-thinking approach to technological innovation
Iran’s revolution of freedom
Germany should increase its support for Iranian protesters by pushing the EU to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation
Global solidarity or collective suicide: Why we cannot abandon the Paris Agreement’s global warming target
The international climate conferences in 2022 revealed the divisions between countries on climate goals – and the need for global solidarity in climate negotiations
Friends with benefits: How the European Political Community can further European integration
The European Political Community has created an inclusive forum for dialogue among European countries. Now it should focus on providing concrete outcomes, starting in the energy sector
Seats at the table: How Europe can address the international democratic deficit
The US and Japan have responded positively to developing countries’ calls for greater representation. Europe is lagging behind and losing credibility.
Orban’s integrity office: Everything is legal but nothing is democratic
Viktor Orban has had 12 years to learn how to circumvent democratic reforms. The European Commission should bide its time in assessing whether to suspend funding to Hungary.
Giorgia on my mind: The Italian election and European foreign policy
Mark Leonard and his guests discuss the implications of the new government in Rome and its foreign policy agenda, including Russia and China
In Europe’s gift: How to avoid a Ukraine ‘forever war’
The European Union should offer Ukraine preferential access to the single market, and help avoid predictions of a ‘long war’ becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
Articles
Rerouting goodwill: The risks of diverting aid from Africa to Europe
European countries risk undermining their Africa strategies if they continue to neglect the numerous crises on the continent and divert aid to Europe
The power of pragmatism: Nuclear energy, technological innovation, and the green transition
To propel the green transition, the EU needs to combine more self-sufficiency in nuclear energy with a forward-thinking approach to technological innovation
Iran’s revolution of freedom
Germany should increase its support for Iranian protesters by pushing the EU to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation
Global solidarity or collective suicide: Why we cannot abandon the Paris Agreement’s global warming target
The international climate conferences in 2022 revealed the divisions between countries on climate goals – and the need for global solidarity in climate negotiations
Friends with benefits: How the European Political Community can further European integration
The European Political Community has created an inclusive forum for dialogue among European countries. Now it should focus on providing concrete outcomes, starting in the energy sector
Seats at the table: How Europe can address the international democratic deficit
The US and Japan have responded positively to developing countries’ calls for greater representation. Europe is lagging behind and losing credibility.
Orban’s integrity office: Everything is legal but nothing is democratic
Viktor Orban has had 12 years to learn how to circumvent democratic reforms. The European Commission should bide its time in assessing whether to suspend funding to Hungary.
In Europe’s gift: How to avoid a Ukraine ‘forever war’
The European Union should offer Ukraine preferential access to the single market, and help avoid predictions of a ‘long war’ becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
The three challenges for the West in the new cold war
Western states will only maintain their unity and resolve if they address major problems related to their external alliances, EU unity, and people power
Denmark’s Zeitenwende
Denmark’s decision to end its opt-out from EU defence shows that it is still possible to win referendums on closer European integration. Yet it does not signal a broader shift in the country’s EU policy.
Podcasts
Giorgia on my mind: The Italian election and European foreign policy
Mark Leonard and his guests discuss the implications of the new government in Rome and its foreign policy agenda, including Russia and China
A fair, green and digital recovery – brought to you by Portugal
How can the Portuguese presidency strengthen European strategic autonomy?
Europe’s battle of narratives
How can Europe win the global battle of narratives during the covid-19 pandemic and a struggle for geopolitical influence?
From fragility to vitality – Analysing von der Leyen’s #SOTEU
Ursula von der Leyen’s first State of the European Union speech was as long as it was broad in topics and calls for action. Host…
Surveillance and the inevitable AI future
In this week’s episode, we feature one of the focus sessions from our Annual Council Meeting this June. Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke moderated this online…
ECFR Clips: In defence of Europe
ECFR council member Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor at the University of Athens, puts the blame for the rise of euroscepticism on the eurozone crisis and a…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Europe’s interrelated crises
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and ECFR board member, Sir Robert Cooper, former…
Events
7 Jun
Annual Council Meeting 2023
The Annual Council Meeting 2023 will take place on 7-8 June in Stockholm
19 Jun
Annual Council Meeting 2022 – Zeitenwende for Europe: Building a new global order in times of unpeace
Just days ahead of the G7, EU and NATO summits, ECFR’s Council Members – Europe’s leading decision-makers, opinion-shapers, and public intellectuals – gathered on 19-20 June in Berlin for the ECFR Annual Council Meeting
9 Dec
Annual Council Meeting 2021
ECFR’s Council Members – Europe’s leading decision-makers, opinion-shapers, and public intellectuals – gathered together on 9-10 December in Berlin for ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting to connect and discuss the myriad issues facing Europe and the European Union today
22 Sep
La geopolitica del Tech. Come la tecnologia influenza il potere europeo
Riunione Annuale dei Consiglieri italiani di ECFR
12 Mar
Europäische Außenpolitik gestalten: Gespräch mit EAD Generalsekretär Stefano Sannino
Prioritäten & Herausforderungen Europäischer Außenpolitik, sowie Deutschlands Rolle in diesem Kontext
29 Sep
Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Europe’s mediatory power & Turkish-Greek reconciliation
Virtual debate ahead of the special European Council on Europe’s mediatory power in the Eastern Mediterranean
17 Sep
Estonia in the EU – Punching above its weight?
Roundtable discussion with our partners from the Estonian Foreign Policy Centre, the International Centre for Defence and Security and the Estonian Embassy in Berlin
25 Jun
Annual Council Meeting 2019
The ECFR Annual Council Meeting is one of the leading conferences on Europe’s foreign policy. This year, the meeting took place at the Calouste Gulbenkian…
28 May
Annual Council Meeting 2018
The ECFR Annual Council Meeting is one of the leading conferences on Europe’s foreign policy. We follow the energy of the debate and this year…
7 Mar
ECFR Abenddiskussion anlässlich des Board-Treffens
Special ECFR dinner on March 7th focussed on European approaches to the refugee crisis with a kick-off statement by the head of the Federal Chancellery Peter Altmaier.
In the media
Hannes Swoboda refers to results of the ECFR opinion poll
A poll by ECFR showed that in Europe, the war is increasingly seen not as an attack on a neighboring country but as an assault on an entire continent
If things go well, the EPC will start promoting further practical initiatives on energy and infrastructure. This might be a way of integrating EU candidate states into some EU activities.
Milica Delević is quoted in the Financial Times on the future of the European Political Community
In the Sahel countries, besides social and economic problems, there also are the interests of international actors, who are using disinformation as a tool, especially against the EU
Emanuela Del Re, EU Special Representative for the Sahel and ECFR Council Member, analyzes developments in the Sahel, and the EU’s strategy towards the region
To foster peace in Europe, it is best to increase economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine so that one day it can negotiate from a position of strength
Timothy Garton Ash’s op-ed on the scenarios for peace in Ukraine