AI is rapidly becoming part of Europe’s basic infrastructure - supporting search, communication, education, healthcare and security-relevant systems. Yet this infrastructure is increasingly developed and governed by a small group...

Europe is engaged in an intense debate about digital sovereignty and global technological competition – but one crucial aspect is often overlooked: the question of standards. Yet standards are the foundation for trillion-euro...

With “Ensuring Impact – A Guide to Effective Set-up and Follow-up of Citizen Participation”, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, together with the Federation for Innovation in Democracy Europe (FIDE), publishes a comprehensive guide for...

The second Trump administration has made a U-turn on industrial policy designed to support decarbonisation, while making a protectionist trade policy its hallmark. US tariffs make the global trade environment extremely...

Global uncertainties, geopolitical tensions, technological upheavals, and ecological crises are challenging the German economy as rarely before. The Bertelsmann Stiftung's new study, “Competitiveness and Resilience Despite the...

The new US tariffs are placing significant pressure on Germany and other export-oriented EU economies. In response, the EU is intensifying its efforts to conclude additional trade agreements and to deepen existing ones. However,...