It's been a busy January! Read our latest newsletter with recap of the last couple of weeks by @dschwarzer.bsky.social, along with highlights from our experts on topics including:
🚀Space economy
🌡️ETS2 carbon pricing
🏭Industrial accelerator act
and more ➡️ www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/bst-europ...
Meine Nachlese mit Marietta Slomka und Elmar Theveßen zu einer intensiven Davos-Woche: #Grönland, #Ukraine, "Friedensrat", Inneramerikanisches - was von den jüngsten internationalen Entwicklungen wichtig ist und bleibt.
Hier im @heutejournal.bsky.social podcast
www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...
Quite the week for German foreign policy with Chancellor Merz in India and the foreign and finance ministers in Washinton DC.
Here is my analysis on 🇩🇪🇪🇺 - 🇮🇳, European options on Greenland, 🇺🇦 and more. Thanks @tvpworld.bsky.social for this in-depth conversation.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymRo...
Germany’s foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, has announced a major reform of his ministry to become effective in summer of 2026. As the NSC is built, the MFA refocuses.
Wadephul has emphasised three foreign policy goals: protecting Germany’s security, freedom, and prosperity. 1/
Goals 1 and 3 will be supported by strong departments for security policy and for EU policy and geoeconomics.
The department for stabilisation created 20y ago will be dissolved, as will the department for foreign cultural and educational policy. Staff numbers at the Berlin HQ will go down 2/
While the DG for International Order will stay and absorb teams working on stabilisation, prevention etc.
But funds for crisis regions and large humanitarian budgets for external cultural and educational policy will be administered directly by the regional desks. 3/
This sober pragmatism is driven by security and economic resilience concerns. It will be interesting to see how Germany develops its “soft power” in a more conflictual world while Germany’s image as Europe’s economic powerhouse is showing serious cracks.
It was an honour to moderate this meeting with President Macron, Chancellor Merz, Commission VP Virkkunen and leading tech CEOs to discuss how to concretely advance European digital sovereignty. Impressive success stories, a strong sense of urgency and compelling suggestions for change.
Great to contribute to this weeks TTP. I make the point France's political permacrisis is bad news for European rearmament efforts.
I'm in excellent company too @georginaewright.bsky.social@dschwarzer.bsky.social.
❔| #TTP: Does France's Political Crisis Weaken Europe's Geopolitical Hand?
While the EU tries to navigate international challenges, France is experiencing historic political disarray. What impact will instability in Paris have on Europe's strategic capacity? ⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
🌍Geoeconomic Interconnectivity Index (GEOII)
How connected is Europe to its neighbourhood, and how about the US, China & Russia?
Explore the GEOII here: geoii.eu/start
And read @dschwarzer.bsky.social's piece on how Europe must wield its economic weight here: www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kolu...
Die Modernisierungsagenda macht auch vor dem Parlament nicht halt. Das war die positiv-stimmende Einsicht des sehr spannenden Abends zum Thema "Von Aussteigern lernen: Welche Veränderungen braucht der Bundestag". u.a. mit Julia Klöckner, Philipp Amthor, @dschwarzer.bsky.social 1/3
❔| #TTP: Does France's Political Crisis Weaken Europe's Geopolitical Hand?
While the EU tries to navigate international challenges, France is experiencing historic political disarray. What impact will instability in Paris have on Europe's strategic capacity? ⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Thank you, @yoerialbrecht.bsky.social for showing this truely thought provoking documentary at @debalie.bsky.social - and for hosting Samuel George, our award-winning documentary director for a discussion. Really proud to see our BFNA documentaries travel Europe!@bfnadocs.bsky.social
Access to minerals that power a battery has emerged as a vital geopolitical, economic & social concern. So where does the lithium, the nickel, and the cobalt come from? Who controls the supply? Thursday Oct 3 20.00 hrs Docu and Talk @debalie.bsky.social.
debalie.nl/cinema/cined...
Zusammen mit dem Monitoring-Bericht zur Energiewende hat Katherina Reiche in der letzten Woche einen Zehn-Punkte-Plan vorgestellt. Dieser weist sprachlich wie inhaltlich große Ähnlichkeiten zu einem Papier von RWE und Eon aus dem Frühjahr auf. Ein längerer Thread mit Links und Beispielen. (1/19)
EDINA IV is complete: 25 chapters, 25 national views 🇪🇺 From Norway to Sweden, Lithuania to Germany — Europe’s defence cannot afford to lag. 👉 edina-defence.org/edina04
Michael Leigh, EU Enlargement: Exporting Stability or Importing Instability?
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social, Gradual EU integration: limits to an à la carte approach
@dschwarzer.bsky.social, Enlargement will only succeed if the EU embraces more flexibility
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Foreign policy begins at home - and I would add: also boomerangs back home! Europe has not even begun to grapple with the consequences of an increasingly personalist-authoritarian US government for the fate of its democracies at home. #policyincoherence#democracy@dschwarzer.bsky.social
“Europe is risking its political soul. It has put itself in a situation in which leaders cannot say publicly what they are actually trying to do. That is a recipe for distrust and a poison for democracy”
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Außen- & Sicherheitspolitik in einer Welt der Unordnung: Es geht darum, von einer reaktiven Krisenverwaltung zu einer strategischen Zukunftsgestaltung zu kommen, schreiben Stefan Mair, @dschwarzer.bsky.social & Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff @tagesspiegel.de (paywall):
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/sich...
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
🇬🇪🇪🇺 Happy #Europe Day!
The people of Georgia are fighting every day to stay on the path to Europe - with courage, unity, and determination.
#EuropeDay2025#GeorgiaProtests
Very, very sad that Joe Nye passed away.
I was lucky to exchange with him only four weeks ago. A very rich conversation on US power as always - and not without humour despite his dire analysis.
He will be dearly missed. A great scholar and a wonderful person. RIP Joe.
I am shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of my colleague Joseph Nye, who recruited me to Harvard a quarter-century ago. He was a highly accomplished scholar, an innovative Dean, and a devoted public servant. Also a very decent and humane man, who will be missed at Harvard and beyond.
Wide-ranging and thoughtful conversation with @dschwarzer.bsky.social Germany and the Defence of Europe | Encompass Podcasts url:https://encompass-europe.com/podcasts/germany-and-the-defence-of-europe
💻 #Replay "The EU is an essential entity, but given the new security, economic & democratic challenges, cooperation needs to be organise also with evolving non-EU states."
Watch again our last #Euroquestions with @dschwarzer.bsky.social
Full replay 👇
Given the growing and strategic importance of space, Europeans should invite the best talents over to Europe now - from NASA and the US scientific community working on space
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Good outcome at the #EuCo on EU fiscal rules: National escape clause is branded as „immediate measure“ but the Commission is asked to explore further options (read: opening the rules). The insight seems to have kicked in that a prolonged use of the escape clause is probably not a good idea.
There can no longer be any doubt that Europe’s leaders need to bolster the continent’s defense capacity – and fast.
In a new PS Big Picture, @plegrain.bsky.social , @dschwarzer.bsky.social, and others explain what this demands. (bit.ly/3DbsFPd)
After Keir Starmer‘s stint to the informal EU summit earlier this week, here are three ideas how to rebuild the UK-EU relationship at a time of geopolitical unrest.
Schön, das hier auf dem Weg nach Brüssel zu treffen! Ich darf den Band eröffnen mit einem Text zu den innen- und außenpolitischen Krisen, die Deutschland erschüttern - und wie wir seit 2022 schon einiges gemeistert haben.
A happy and healthy new year everyone!
Current mood below.
Getting ready for a year 2025 that will require our best innovative thinking and action to make Europe stronger and democracy resilient.
Meine Leseempfehlung fürs Wochenende: @lucasguttenberg und @nilsredeker sortieren eine Frage, die für die nächste Bundesregierung höchste Relevanz haben wird:
Wie lässt sich die deutsche Schuldenbremse im Einklang mit EU-Recht reformieren?
Verhindern die EU-Fiskalregeln eine Reform der Schuldenbremse in Deutschland?
@nilsredeker.bsky.social und ich haben uns das im Detail angeschaut und kommen zum Ergebnis: Die Regeln lassen systematisch Spielraum für eine Reform. Aber er ist an Voraussetzungen geknüpft.
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