As if incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was not already inheriting a full plate of major challenges, she has also promised to reshape the EU into a “geopolitical” force to be reckoned with. To succeed, she will need to pass seven tests, in areas ranging from climate change to cyber security and competition policy.
If Europe isn’t what it used to be, this is largely because Germany isn’t what it long wanted to be
Figures from across government, the private sector, and wider society argue in favour of adequate regulation to mitigate the harmful effects of the internet. But what should this regulation look like?
Berlin has turned punching below one’s weight into an art form. This is not good enough, either for Germany or for Europe.
While it is no longer complacent about Chinese influence, Germany has failed to craft a policy that effectively reassesses the balance of opportunities and risks
ECFR Madrid, en colaboración con Telefonica, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace y la Embajada de España en Washington, organizó el evento “La apuesta de Europa por ser un súper poder regulatorio: Implicaciones para EEUU” en Washington.
One week after climate talks at UNGA and the unveiling of the government’s new climate plan, Germany’s gap between lofty goals and actual initiatives is still striking
Closed Workshop on the future of internet regulation with experts from the private sector, civil society, and government
Our Monthly Foreign Policy Club format, with this edition focusing on the future of EU Foreign Policy.
Spain, and Europe, need a new story about migration – it remains to be seen how the country will put this into practice