Small Is Beautiful 2.0:
How Digital Decentralisation Can Strengthen Democracy

When Fritz Schumacher challenged the dogma of large-scale industry with Small…


Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski: Border Controls are Damaging German-Polish Relations

He is one of the foremost experts on German-Polish relations. Karolewski talks…


Youth EU

Youth and the EU: From Assumed Disinterest to Reinvented Participation

„How will we build Europe if young people do not see it as a collective…


Rule of Law

Navigating Rule of Law Reforms in the Western Balkans: A Pathway to EU Enlargement

In its 2024 Rule of Law Report, the European Commission has, for the first…


Konstantin von Notz

Konstantin von Notz : „Es ist Zeit, unsere Demokratien sehr entschlossen aufzustellen“

Kaum jemand in Deutschland kennt die innere und äußere Bedrohungslage so gut…


EU Elections

European Parliamentary Elections: A Debacle for Pro-EU Parties or Their Last Chance?

Between 6 and 9 June, 400 million Europeans voted in the European Parliamentary…


Dissolution of the french parliament

Dissolution of Parliament: Good or Bad for Democracy?

Consequences of dissolving the National Assembly A game of Russian roulette…


European elections

What the European Elections Are Really About – And What Needs to Change

Political expert Henning Vöpel warns: On 9 June, the European elections will…


Andreas Sturm and the European Spirit

Shakespeare and the Emergence of the European Spirit

In these times of war, with Russian troops in Ukraine, and growing approval of…