Publications

Public goods reflect a complex construct between the principle of solidarity and the principle of subsidiarity in European Union law. This policy brief concisely contextualises public goods in European law and shows that they can act as a point of reference for the...

In its four meetings, the Reflection Group on European public goods has made important progress in connecting the dots between concept and real-life reform of the EU. This paper takes stock of the group's conclusions, and looks beyond to the implications of the EU's first...

The coronavirus pandemic is only one of the myriad of challenges the EU is facing. Especially in this potentially-transformative crisis, it is important to focus European expenditure and politics where they can provide the most benefit to European citizens. The concept of...

The Corona crisis once again clearly shows that the EU often lacks the capacity to act. Europe needs to change to survive in a changing world, and it must, at the same time, become stronger internally in order to be strong externally. However, the EU's other challenges...

The Bertelsmann Stiftung High-Level Reflection Group brings together decisionmakers and experts to provide answers to the EU’s internal and external challenges based on the perspective of European public goods.

The conveners of the Vision Europe Summit 2017 published this conference declaration based on the discussions which took place during the summit. Along seven guiding principles, it emphasized the need to implement proactive policies at the national and European level in...

This publication deals with the all-encompassing question of “winners and losers of globalization”. The goal, in tackling such a controversial issue, is to go beyond taking stock of the impact of globalization on economic, political and social systems around the world and to...

Globalization has led to an increase of GDP for almost all economies involved in the global exchange of goods and services. However, due to changes in scarcity conditions within the individual economies, there are winners and losers of globalization within each country. In...

At the occasion of the second Vision Europe Summit in November 2016 leaders from the eight convening think tanks and foundations signed the conference declaration "Building common ground: Towards strategic migration and refugee policies in Europe".

Refugee flows to Europe are unlikely to subside soon, as many conflicts persist and the average duration of protracted refugee situations worldwide is on the rise. The paper puts forward policy recommendations for a paradigm-shift from reactive to pro-active refugee...