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LiberTee – der Frankreich Podcast des Europäischen Dialogprogramms der FNF!
In unserem Frankreich Podcast LiberTee spricht European Affairs Manager Jeanette Süß mit Experten und Expertinnen aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft der deutsch-französischen Europapolitik. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt dabei im ersten Halbjahr 2022 auf den französischen Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen, der neuen deutsch-französischen Dynamik im Zuge der Regierungsbildung der beiden Länder und der französischen Ratspräsidentschaft.
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What Remains of Macron’s Sorbonne Speech Five Years Later?
Given that the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union just ended, Emmanuel Macron got re-elected for a second five-years-term, and the future of Europe was mentioned by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz already twice in recent weeks (once in the press and once during a speech in Prague) and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has given her third State of the Union address, what remains to be done for the future of European policy-making five years after Macron’s Sorbonne speech?
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Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Address – Many nice headlines and few propositions
In her third State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took stock of the European Commission's work programme and recalled the EU's spirit of unity and solidarity in times of war. As expected, von der Leyen placed a strong focus on dealing with Russia and Ukraine. Another important policy area concerns the future of economic governance in the EU. However, expectations for more efficiency, capacity to act and clout of the European multi-level architecture are high, driven by the proposals of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Whether the EU takes its democratic model seriously will be seen in the future.
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A Complex Heritage for UK’s Third Woman Prime Minister
With Liz Truss’ victory in the Conservative Party’s leadership election last week, the United Kingdom has secured its third woman prime minister.
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Historic NATO Summit in Madrid
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described the summit of NATO member states and partners as the biggest transformation of collective defence since the end of the Cold War. The summit was described by all participants as transformative and historic. And rightly so: a new strategic concept, robust investments in equipment and a strong focus on pre-defence and deterrence were agreed.
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Ukraine and Moldova Become EU Candidate States – A Historic Decision in Extraordinary Times
In a show of rare speed and unity, the European Union on Friday 24 June accepted Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for EU membership. A European Council meeting of the 27 heads of state unanimously approved the bids of both countries and offered Georgia the European perspective. What was still a distant prospect before the 24th of February, became a political reality within 4 months - relative light speed for the Union.
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A setback for Macron's electoral alliance? The French party system after the 2022 election cycle
Emmanuel Macron faces a difficult second term in office. Particularly relevant to the future day-to-day running of government, and completely unusual in recent French history, is that the Macron ensemble was unable to win an absolute majority in the parliamentary elections and will now have to rely on permanent or occasional cooperation with other parties.
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Towards a European Public Sphere: Interview with Damian Boeselager
The European Parliament wants a single pan-European constituency and implement transnational election lists where political parties and coalitions of national political parties propose their candidates. Damian Boeselager, founder of the first pan-European party Volt, explains why we need such a reform.
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Understanding the Barriers and Benefits to Female Representation in Politics
Across the EU, around 33% of members of national parliaments are female, which might not seem so bad, but considering that women make up 54,6% of the EU’s population, this goes to show that they are heavily underrepresented in the democratic processes.
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Launch: Female Forward International EU – Women in Politics
What better date than the #InternationalWomensDay to re-launch FNF's Female Forward International campaign in Europe? Join us, when we tell the stories of powerful women rising above the tide and classic hierarchies. Our first campaign focus will dive into the world of “women in politics”, highlighting strong and passionate women that have become involved politically and serve as role models for girls across the Member States.
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Does Putin’s aggression help to (re-)unify a disintegrating European Union?
The Russian invasion reveals cracks in EU’s political unity as well as constitutional shortcomings, especially in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In particular, the decision-making on sanctions against Russia showed once again that rapid, coordinated action by all Member States is difficult to achieve in the current CFSP-system.
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The Propaganda Dilemma of Democracies
More than 190 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote “Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends”. In the past decade, propaganda and misinformation directed by hostile actors created an even greater dilemma for democracies and the lack of truth is maybe the biggest single challenge for open societies today.
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Tocqueville Conversations in the Shadow of the Ukraine War: Failure of Change through Trade?
How should the EU and other democratic states respond to Russia’s attack? Are economic or civil society relations with Russia still conceivable in the near future? And what alliances do we need to ward off the threat of conflict escalation? Answering all these questions has been a major task of international politics since February this year.
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Tocqueville Conversations 2022: The Russian Question: The West facing Putin
The Friedrich-Naumann Foundation for Freedom partnered up with the Tocqueville Foundation, the Atlantic Council and the Figaro for a two day's conference with distinguished speakers such as Vice-President of the European Parliament, Nicola Beer or former world chess champion and Russian opponent, Gary Kasparov.
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Podcast: The Defence Café
The Defence Café is the security and defence podcast of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Brussels (FNF Europe).
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