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Aerial view of Parliamentary assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

As Bosnia Votes, Western Consensus Is Broken

What Germany and the EU Need to Do

Both Brussels and Berlin must prepare to play a bigger role in the future of a country that remains a key node of regional stability and European security.

Milan Nič

Nikola Xaviereff

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the European Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Europas Unabhängigkeitsmoment? Die „State of the Union“ zwischen Kommission, Rat und Parlament

Linn Selle

Claudia Schmucker

Nikola Xaviereff

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Jedes Jahr tritt EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen vor das Europäische Parlament, um Bilanz zu ziehen.

Tivat, Montenegro, 05.06.2026: EU-West Balkan-Summit: Group photo

The Decline of Russian Power in the Western Balkans

Fragmentation Amid Intensified Geopolitical Competition

Nikola Xaviereff

As local actors pursue ad hoc alliances and engage in transactional foreign policy, thus changing the logic of interaction, Germany and the EU will need to pay strategic attention to the Western Balkans.

Stéphane Séjourné speaks at a European Commission podium in front of a screen displaying information on the EU budget and European competitiveness.

No Time to Lose

How to Protect the EU’s Budgetary Architecture from a Rogue Member State

Linn Selle

Cédric Koch

Member states must limit risks within the ongoing negotiations and strengthen the long-term resilience of the EU’s budgetary architecture.

Deutschland, Hamburg: Großcontainerschiff COSCO Shipping Universe

Die Neuausrichtung der EU-Handelspolitik

Innovative Allianzen für den Freihandel

Claudia Schmucker

Die EU sollte dringend neue Arten von Handelsdeals schließen.

AfD-Spitzenkandidat Ulrich Siegmund bei einer Wahlkampfveranstaltung in Sachsen-Anhalt umringt von Bürgern und Bürgerinnen

Deutscher Umgang mit Rechtsaußen: Alles oder nichts

Jacob Ross

In Sachsen-Anhalt könnte die AfD bald erstmals Regierungsverantwortung übernehmen. Warum aufgrund der Brandmauer mit einem Wahlerfolg der Rechtsaußenpartei in Deutschland besondere Risiken verbunden wären, zeigt ein Blick ins Nachbarland Frankreich.

State Secretary for Defence Derk Boswijk poses for a photo with Patriot weapon systems at De Peel Barracks.

The risks of Europe’s reliance on U.S. defense products – and how to address them

Dominik Tolksdorf

Many EU member states remain dependent on the U.S. for critical defense capabilities, leaving Europe vulnerable to U.S. production constraints, shifting arms transfer priorities, and the risk that the Trump administration uses arms exports as political leverage in relations with European allies.