View from Berlin: Merkel under pressure
Angela Merkel finds herself under heavy pressure domestically for her stance on migration
Experts & Staff
Almut Möller
ECFR Alumni · Head, ECFR Berlin
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
European integration & reform; European foreign and security policy; Germany in Europe
Languages
English, French, German
Biography
Almut Möller was a senior policy fellow and has been head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations since October 2015. She has published widely on European affairs, foreign and security policy, and Germany’s role in the EU, and is a frequent commentator in the German and international media.
Möller started her career in the think tank world at the Centre for Applied Policy Research at LMU University in Munich and then worked as an independent political analyst in London, focussing on EU-Middle East relations. Before joining ECFR she led the Europe programme at the German Council on Foreign Relations. Research fellowships have taken her to Renmin University of China in Beijing, the Al Ahram Center for Political and Security Studies in Cairo and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., where she continues to engage as a non-resident fellow.
Möller is a member of the extended board of Women in International Security (WIIS.de) as well as a member of the Strategic Council of the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels. She is also an experienced conference moderator and facilitator.
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In the media
Almut Möller writes for the “AufRuhr” Magazine of Stiftung Mercator about the challenges of European cohesion the new Commission will face
Die Welt mentions Almut Möller's new appointment as Hamburg’s EU and Foreign Affairs State Councillor
The Tagesspiegel mentions Almut Möller's appointment as Hamburg’s EU and Foreign Affairs State Councillor
Head of the Berlin Office, Almut Möller, in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung on what it takes to become a good EU Commissioner
Head of the Berlin Office, Almut Möller, talks on Deutschlandfunk about Brexit, the American Afghanistan strategy and more