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[...] Aktuell braucht Deutschland vor allem eins: mehr Innovation – und dafür braucht es mehr Startups. Mit frischen Ideen und unternehmerischem Drive, machen sie unsere Wirtschaft zukunftsfest und nutzen Chancen in neuen Feldern, wie der Künstlichen Intelligenz. Aktuell braucht Deutschland vor allem eins: mehr Innovation – und dafür braucht es mehr Startups. Mit frischen Ideen und unternehmerischem Drive, machen[...]

[...] Tracking Shifts in German Public Opinion Before the 2025 Federal Election Once again, the world’s attention turns to Germany as the country undergoes national elections. For this analysis, we examined eupinions survey data from 2017, 2021, and 2024, drawing on EU-wide surveys of over 9,000 citizens – each conducted shortly before Germany’s federal elections. We present findings on both EU-wide public opinion[...]

[...] Europe intends to rapidly and strongly increase its defense spending. It should do so without risking Europe’s fiscal sustainability and financial stability at a time of great danger. We argue that the Commission’s current plan to use the flexibility built in the EU’s fiscal rules will not achieve this: On the one hand, this will not lead to the long-term certainty over available resources for defense spending[...]

[...] More than 80% of Europe’s digital technologies and infrastructures are imported. 70% of foundational AI models used globally originate in the United States. Meanwhile, European companies account for just 7% of global research spending on software and the internet. These figures alone highlight Europe's heavy reliance on other economic powers in the digital sector. The EuroStack initiative aims to change that,[...]

[...] The case of Biotechnology Recognizing the European Union‘s shortcomings in translating scientific research into commercially viable deep-tech solutions, this report introduces a comprehensive index designed to evaluate the regional strengths and challenges within Germany‘s biotech landscape. The study examines five key German biotech hubs, focusing on key stages in the biotech innovation process – from[...]

[...] Bertelsmann Stiftung Dr. Florian Wittmann, Dr. Andreas Hummler, Daniel Posch, Dr. Ralf[...]

[...] The study based on data from the 2023 Religion Monitor sheds light on the role that religion plays in political polarization in the United States. The findings show that a specific form of “defensive religiosity” – which is expressed when people feel threatened by social developments such as secularization and liberalization – is a key element in the support given to conservative political movements and[...]

[...] Remaking the Transatlantic Partnership: September Data updated in December 2024 Did the re-election of Donald Trump change Europeans' minds? In November 2024, we published the report “Old Habits Die Hard” in which we looked at the state of the transatlantic partnership in the wake of the US elections. Following the publication, questions arose concerning the time of the data collection and the role of Russia. We[...]

[...] The war of aggression by an imperialist nuclear power against Ukraine – simultaneously aimed at reshaping the European security order – has led the EU to abandon its previous distinction between neighbourhood and enlargement policies. Brussels is now pursuing broader enlargement as a strategy to position the Union as a more influential (security) actor in a world increasingly defined by geopolitical challenges.[...]

[...] After a period of unprecedented turbulence in Austrian politics – including several major scandals and the creation of an all-technocrat government – Austria has more recently found its way back to the calmer waters of stable democratic party governance. However, the exceptionally high turnover rate among chancellors has also marked the years of the current ÖVP-Green government, formed in early 2020, with three[...]