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[…] Reforms underway With this week’s announcement of the high-level group of specialists on the EU’s cohesion policy, wheels have finally been set in motion for the next round of reforms and refinements [...]

[…] It is our pleasure to invite you to our latest EU Strategic Toolbox Talk online event: Green partnership agreements with the EU’s neighbouring countries Potential instruments for strengthening the [...]

[…] Current geoeconomic challenges and a new emphasis on the digital and green transition have spurred the comeback of industrial policy in Europe and around the world. Policymakers from different ends of [...]

[…] 22 January marks the 60th anniversary of the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship (“Elysée Treaty”). Fewer than 20 years after the end of World War II, it gave Germany and France the go-ahead for the [...]

[…] For the European Union, Cohesion Policy is both a powerful instrument for change in the form of the more than €350 billion available in funding from Cohesion Policy in the period 2021-2017, and a [...]

[…] Around 450 million people, a GDP of about 15 trillion euros and the freedom to move goods, services, capital, and people across borders: That’s the European Single Market as we know it today. Launched [...]

[…] The Elysée Treaty was signed on January 22, 1963. Since then, the Franco-German tandem has repeatedly proven to be the “engine” of the European unification process. Nevertheless, on its 60th [...]

[…] 2023 will be a key year for Turkey. As well as celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic, voters will choose a new President and a new Parliament. But, with or without Erdoğan, is the [...]

[…] Another year, another try. Once again, we dabble with an outlook on the major events likely to impact European and world affairs. Looking back at our 2022 forecast, we indeed had some good guesses. [...]

[…] The holiday season offers us some time to reflect, not only about ourselves but about all the people with whom we were especially close or from whom we learned this year. For us, that means simply [...]