A Crisis of European Values Published: 27 March 2020 Interview Zora Siebert talks to Markus Weinberg about his documentary "Mission Lifeline", confrontations with the right populist movement in Eastern Germany Pegida and current developments of the European migration policy. By Zora Siebert
France: Locked down and forsaken Published: 27 March 2020 Comment Coronavirus measures have made the usually bustling city of Paris a ghost town. Bars, cafes, restaurants and everything else have been closed down, with towers of empty chairs piled up behind the windows. By Dr. Jens Althoff
The Future is now! On the relevance of the Beijing Platform for Action today Published: 11 March 2020 Comment Equal power for women, a life with less violence and more justice are the goals that were set 25 years ago at the 4th World Conference on Women and in the Beijing Platform for Action. So far, gender equality has never been achieved. By Barbara Unmüßig
A political map of Slovakia two years after the tragedy of the murder of Ján and Martina Published: 11 March 2020 Background February 2020 will be written into the modern political history of Slovakia as a month with a great turning point which combined in a special way two dramatic themes in the internal political development of the country. By Grigorij Mesežnikov
COVID-19: Tips for a Saner Digital Diet in These Viral Times Published: 4 March 2020 Article A virus riding on another virus. That is how the ‘infodemic’ is raging in online spaces around the outbreak of the novel coronavirus called COVID-19, which has been on just about everyone’s radar since late January 2020. As grave as the quest to manage the respiratory disease and cure those ill with it is not only the challenge of using facts versus fear - but how to create and keep avenues of information that withstand the unrelenting drip of skewed, confused, partially true to totally false information, to racist and prejudiced views, or a cocktail of these. By Johanna Son
Goodbye, UK! Taking stock Published: 17 February 2020 Blog After countless hours of negotiations, frustration and the United Kingdom officially withdrew from the European Union after 47 years of membership bearing the words “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations. 31 January 2020”. By Nina Locher
Of Engineers and Visionaries: Germany and France as Partners for Saving the Multilateral Order Published: 17 January 2020 Analysis Close coordination and smooth cooperation between Berlin and Paris is crucial for Europe and its foreign politics, particularly considering rising intricate geopolitical rivalries. Differences in style and approach must not impede cooperation on substance and common interests. By Ronja Scheler
Germany’s Central European Strategy Bites Back Published: 11 January 2020 Analysis As 2020 opens with dramatic global events demanding attention and care, the countries of the European Union remain divided on crucial issues from climate change to foreign policy. The relationship between Germany and the countries of Central Europe is pivotal to many of these impasses. By Zsuzsanna Végh
Asylum in a Climate-Changed World: Bridging the Protection Gap in the EU Published: 2 January 2020 Article Climate change and the consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration – a phenomenon that will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis continues. Maria Giovanna Manieri, Advisor to the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, explains the policy framework affecting climate refugees and highlights prospects for Greens in the European Parliament to foster progress on the issue. By Maria Giovanna Manieri
Gender Ideology and the Crisis of Care in Poland Published: 1 January 2020 Interview Across Europe and beyond, actors on the nationalist right are instrumentalising the concept of gender for their own political gains. In Poland the incumbent right-wing Law and Justice party, backed by the Catholic Church, demonised LGBT organisations in its recent successful electoral campaign. By Adam Ostolski and Agnieszka Graff