I suspect the EU will open a different track for membership, with more gradual admission
Media mentions – ECFR Council
If the West expects “southern” countries to recognise this European war [the war in Ukraine] as a global problem, they must also be allowed a say in the solution
Hannes Swoboda analyses the results of ECFR’s recent opinion poll in Der Standard
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
Caroline de Gruyter refers to ECFR’s Unlock poll in her article “Ukraine’s War Has Finally Made Europe a Home”
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
If Merkel were still chancellor, she would be Europe’s leader against Putin
Norbert Röttgen, Co-Chairman of the ECFR and Member of the German Bundestag, is interviewed by a Spanish newspaper with the occasion of his visit to Madrid
It is the diverging views of how the war should end rather than Mr. Putin’s threats that is the real risk for European unity.
Ivan Krastev comments on realist, optimist and revisionist views on the war in Ukraine
Former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen could become kingmaker
European leaders should champion a permanent G20 seat for the African Union ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit in November
How Europe can address the international democratic deficit, describes ECFR Council Member David McNair