Reforming the Common European Asylum System
The political crisis surrounding the handling of refugee inflows in the EU has now reached a stage where there is too much bad blood for a “more of the same” approach to have much hope of working
European Power
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The geopolitics of the Eurovision Song Contest
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fredrik Wesslau, Director of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, and Vessela Tcherneva,…
One hundred years of British solitude: Magical thinking about Brexit and security
A British exit from the EU would make it harder to fight crime and terrorism, reduce Britain’s ability to lead and influence its partners, and weaken NATO
EU Cohesion Monitor
Josef Janning introduces the EU Cohesion Monitor and explains some of the stories hidden in its data
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Austrian presidential elections, and the British referendum
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with Burkhard Bischof, editor of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, and Caroline de Gruyter, correspondent from the Dutch newspaper…
Time to start talking Turkey with Erdoğan
Angela Merkel needs a set of policy alternatives that she can build on if Erdoğan does, in fact, let her down, or if he continues to raise the price tag, strengthening the voice of her critics at home and in Europe as a whole
Meet the Europeans in Britain’s Brexit heartland
European migrants are supporting the social fabric of places such as Thurrock and keeping Britain’s creaking public services on life support
11 May
EU Cohesion Monitor in Berlin vorgestellt: Wie viel EU steckt in Europa?
Wie viel EU steckt in Europa? Wir diskutieren zur Vorstellung des EU Cohesion Montior den Zusammenhalt Europas
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
10 May
Berlin Foreign Policy Club: Ökonomie der Flüchtlingskrise
The Berlin Foreign Policy Club in May invited Sebastian Dullien to present his new paper about the economic dimension of the refugee crisis to discuss the current trends and possible future for Europe.