Give the people what they want: Popular demand for a strong European foreign policy
European voters want to see the European Union come of age as a geopolitical actor and chart its own course
Publications – Data & polling
Untapped potential: How new alliances can strengthen the EU
Fragmentation in the EU makes it increasingly difficult for member states to build coalitions. The EU Coalition Explorer reveals potential new groupings.
How to govern a fragmented EU: What Europeans said at the ballot box
The results of the European election confront EU leaders with a considerable challenge: navigating a new, more fragmented, and polarised political environment
What Europeans really feel: The battle for the political system
Support for membership of the European Union is currently high, but so too is pessimism about the future of the European project
Kingmakers of the mainstream: predictions for the European Parliament election
The next European Parliament will be finely balanced between the left bloc of socialists and greens, the European People’s Party, and anti-European parties
Crisis and Cohesion in the European Union: A Ten-Year Review
Despite financial and refugee crises, research suggests the European Union is getting stronger, not weaker
Exploring EU Coalitions
New essay collection points way to potential coalitions for flexible European cooperation
The invisible web – from interaction to coalition-building in the EU
Survey of experts in 28 capitals illuminates the complex network of relationships among EU member states
Keeping Europeans together
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
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