At a time when Germany and the EU are depending on Turkey’s help to solve the refugee crisis, the German political class clearly feels the need to demonstrate that this does not give Turkey a free hand when it comes to democracy and human rights issues
On the 30th of May ECFR Berlin, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Stiftung Mercator convened a workshop on what has controversially been framed “the new German question”. Experts from different member states addressed both objective and normative aspects of Germany’s leadership within the EU
In einer Podiumdiskussion mit Angeliki Dimitriadi und anderen europäischen Experten wurde mit dem Publikum über die Frage wie Europa auf die Herausforderung der Migration reagieren sollte diskutiert.
While Germany's role in security is of increasing importance, German politicians must downplay it for a domestic audience
We are currently witnessing deep divisions within and between European societies. What are their driving forces? What are the various perspectives on the series of crises in recent years and how did the European Union contribute to all of this? What can we do to overcome the existing divisions between politics and the European societies? There was indeed much to be talked of in another round of our Berlin Foreign Policy Club
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Russian-sponsored anti-refugee rhetoric in Germany bears the hallmarks of a hybrid intervention
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As instability and conflict grow in Europe’s neighbourhood, Germany’s leading EU role is diminished