Now that the European Council has given the green light to opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, it is clear that the Union is no longer simply showing symbolic solidarity with neighbours invaded or threatened by Russia. Rather, a new chapter of enlargement policy is...

As Russian tanks and artillery advanced on Kharkiv and Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application to join the European Union. He called for a special admission procedure to secure swift accession for Ukraine, yet Ukraine did not first aspire to EU membership under missile fire....

Russia’s war against Ukraine has led the EU-27 to grant Kyiv EU-candidate status quickly - even hastily, in the view of critics. For now, however, the preparation of accession negotiations can only be a secondary concern. The war, with its uncertain outcome, takes centre stage. For the EU this...

Russia's fullscale invasion of Ukraine since 24 February 2022 has not shaken France's security policy as fundamentally as it has Germany's. France sees its previous goals confirmed, particularly in terms of strengthening Europe's strategic sovereignty. Nevertheless, it has been adapting in many...

The economic and financial crisis of 2008 disrupted the European Union’s (EU) enlarge­ment policy for the Western Balkans. At least since that time, the region has seen greater involvement by economic actors from non-EU countries such as China, Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates...

Die russische Vollinvasion in der Ukraine ab dem 24. Februar 2022 hat die franzö­sische Sicherheitspolitik nicht so fundamental erschüttert wie die deutsche. Frankreich sieht sich in seinen bisherigen Zielen bestätigt, vor allem darin, die strategische Souveränität Europas zu stärken. Es...

Die Debatte in der Europäischen Union (EU) über die Ausweitung von Mehrheitsentscheidungen geht in eine neue Runde. Insbesondere Deutschland sucht unter dem Eindruck der teils schwierigen Entscheidungsfindung in der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik sowie unter der Perspektive künftiger...