Why Europe needs a recovery plan for strategic autonomy
Just as they have on the economic recovery, Berlin and Paris must overcome their differences and present a courageous plan to create a Europe that takes decisive geopolitical action
Jana Puglierin
The truth about European solidarity during corona
National impulses led to border closures and export restrictions on medical supplies during the corona crisis. But even in the earliest days of Europe’s exposure to the novel virus, pan-European solidarity was on display
Shared goals: How Germany’s crisis response could strengthen Europe
Berlin has quietly made concessions to new calls for greater solidarity. But back home this consensus may not last forever
Views from the capitals: How the row over coronabonds is tearing Europe apart
ECFR’s national offices discuss the emerging divisions between EU member states on the economic response to covid-19
Mother of all problems: The return of crisis manager Merkel
German decision-makers must now bear in mind not only their country’s well-being but also that of the entire EU
Charm defensive: Macron and the Germans at the Munich Security Conference
To hope that German defence policy will become more French is equivalent to waiting for Godot.
The slow death of ambition: German foreign policy after Kramp-Karrenbauer’s resignation
The grand coalition will continue to be a kind of caretaker government in its lack of a big foreign policy vision