The European Union (EU) is in crisis mode. Its capacity to implement domestic reforms and its position as a global power are being severely undermined by centrifugal forces within Europe and the risk that the EU will disintegrate. Euroscepticism and populism abound; the reactions to the refugee...

With the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU will define not only the financial but also the political priorities until 2030. Which political objectives the EU intends to pursue in the future will therefore be a key issue during the MFF negotiations. The 2030 Agenda for...

The EU is one of the leading global players in international development, trade, peace and security. Therefore, a key part of the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is the one reserved for action beyond EU’s borders. This budget heading is called ‘Global Europe’ (also referred to...

Mit dem nächsten Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen (MFR) legt die EU nicht nur die finanziellen, sondern auch politischen Schwerpunkte bis 2030 fest. Während der MFR-Verhandlungen stellt sich damit die Frage, welche politischen Ziele die EU künftig verfolgen will. Die durch die EU entscheidend...

Die EU gehört zu den führenden weltweiten Akteuren in den Bereichen internationale Entwicklung, Handel, Frieden und Sicherheit. Deshalb ist ein wesentlicher Teil des Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens (MFR) für das auswärtige Handeln der EU reserviert. Der entsprechende Teil des Budgets heißt...

Motivation The COVID‐19 pandemic is the most recent instance of global development problems being liable to occur anywhere, challenging the assumption of a world divided into "developed" and "developing" countries. Recent scholarship has increasingly opted for the term "global development" to...