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Are Eastern Germans “wired” differently? The results of the recent state elections in Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony appear to support this hypothesis. But, more than anything, they reflect new lines of conflict in society that are very similar in Eastern and Western...

Baseline Study depicting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Executive Summary -

Cross-border EU Citizens’ Dialogues in Frankfurt/Oder, Passau and The Hague

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a two-year Conference on the Future of Europe. Even citizens ought to participate. But how? In order to make participatory democracy a reality, it is essential to avoid only paying lip-service to the idea of...

The Living Document for the 2019 Trying Times Conference summarizes in eight thematic areas the challenges and recommendations identified as relevant to social cohesion in the world of tomorrow.

Gemeinsam mit der King Baudouin Foundation und den Open Society Foundations lud die Bertelsmann Stiftung am 18. September in Brüssel zu einem DINNER DIALOGUE zum Thema „Tomorrow´s EU Democracy – Giving citizens a say“ ein.

In the first 15 months of its government activity, Germany’s grand coalition has already fulfilled or started on more than 60 percent of its 296 promises. This points to a record-breaking mid-term balance for the current government. At the same time, only ten percent of all...

This documentation summarizes Young Europeans’ Forum 2019 on “Building bridges for social cohesion,” held from June 25 to 27 in Berlin. The Bertelsmann Stiftung organized the Forum together with the Aladdin Project and in cooperation with UNESCO.

Budget conditionality has become a key issue in the ongoing debate on the next multiannual financial framework. Some regard it as the EU's silver bullet against member states that refuse to implement EU values, rules and decisions. Others fear excessive interference in...

The year 2019 will be an important one for the European Union (EU), not only because of Brexit or the possibility of an economic downturn, but also because of the upcoming European Parliament (EP) elections in May. For one, the outcome of the EP elections will be important...