#European Union

[…] Through its work, the Bertelsmann Stiftung aims to make democracy crisis-proof and sustainable. Here is an overview of our activities and priorities in this area: Maia Sandu and Michael Otto to [...]

[…] What Public Opinion Reveals About EU-UK Relations Ten years ago, Britain decided to leave the European Union. The Brexit referendum sent shockwaves across the continent. A decade later, the United [...]

[…] Press Release: Drawing on ten years of survey data, the analysis covers public attitudes towards the consequences of Brexit, EU membership, democratic satisfaction, perceptions of Europe’s future and [...]

[…] The release of the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) at the turn of 2026 marked a critical inflection point in transatlantic relations. Together, they provided [...]

[…] The release of the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) at the turn of 2026 marked a critical inflection point in transatlantic relations. Together, they provided [...]

[…] How Berlin and Kyiv Can Guide Ukraine’s Successful Accession to the EU Ukraine is not a classic EU enlargement case. It is already a security, innovation, and resources partner of the EU, and [...]

[…] Ukraine has long been more than an EU candidate country. It is already a security, innovation, and resources partner of the European Union. If it joins the EU, it would likely become one of the [...]

[…] In Cooperation with the European Policy Centre (EPC). This Policy Brief examines the strategic challenges facing future EU–UK relations in a changing geopolitical environment and puts forward [...]

[…] The upcoming EU–UK summit takes place at a moment of profound geopolitical change. Despite meaningful progress in selected areas of cooperation, the relationship still falls short of a substantive [...]

[…] European Trust in the U.S. Falls as Skepticism Toward China Persists In a world increasingly shaped by war, confrontation and great-power rivalry, public opinion across the European Union points in [...]