Gateway Initiative, the EU has made a commitment that is both value-based and geostrategic. To do justice to this commitment …, the EU should consider the different dimensions of transport connectivity and their implications on several levels and in … an integrated manner. In particular, the EU should take into account the link between connectivity and questions of …

Since 25 June 2024, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have been engaging in accession negotiations with … Ukraine and Moldova. The EU wants and needs to provide a strategic response to new geopolitical challenges, especially the … specific policy areas of the EU. Accession negotiations regularly focus on these countries' integra­tion into the highly …

Der Westbalkan solle "so schnell wie möglich" in die EU, erklärte der Bundeskanzler auf dem Gipfel des Berliner … jährlich zwi­schen einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und den Ländern des Westbalkans stattfinden. Er unterscheidet sich von anderen … EU-Initiativen dadurch, dass neben internationalen Finanz- und EU-Institutionen einzelne EU-Staaten beteiligt sind, wie …

Schon jetzt sind die sechs Westbalkanländer (WB6) politisch eng mit der EU verbunden. Doch seit Beginn des russischen …­politik (GASP) stärker in den Fokus. Die EU sollte dabei die Zusammenarbeit der WB6 mit anderen externen Akteuren, wie Russland … Zukunft komplett einstellen werden. In einer veränderten geopolitischen Lage muss die EU allerdings Prioritäten setzen, um die …

The Western Balkans should join the European Union (EU) "as soon as possible", according to statements by the … meetings that have taken place annually since 2014 between individual EU member states and the countries of the Western Balkans …. It differs from other EU initiatives in that international financial and EU institutions are involved alongside …

intra-Asian dynamics are gaining importance, Germany and the EU risk being marginalised in matters concerning energy … renewable energy. Apart from China - an established player in the market - it has increasingly been Gulf countries that have … global politics. Simultaneously, the dynamics also exemplify the growing number of energy and geopolitical dynamics over …

first aspire to EU membership under missile fire. Much like Moldova and Georgia, it sees its current status of association … with the EU as a precursor to accession. The 28 Feb­ruary application was a call for help from the dreadful war. Initial …, but the EU leaders do not hold forth the prospect of swift accession. This restraint results from the experience that …

Russia’s war against Ukraine has led the EU-27 to grant Kyiv EU-candidate status quickly - even hastily, in the view of … uncertain outcome, takes centre stage. For the EU this means supporting Ukraine militarily as well as financially and helping to … organise international aid for reconstruction. Given this context, we should expect the EU not simply to adhere to the usual …