Recent change of government in Poland mobilised many people, the spectrum of civil engagement is however polarised: from defenders of liberal values and adherents of conservative agenda to followers of nationalist resentments. Civil society is one of the key actors in Western liberal democracies. In transformation countries of Eastern-Central Europe, many initiatives were launched to …
In the Policy Brief, Hanno Burmester argues for an increased use of digital innovations, female empowerment, and new ways of citizen participation within political parties.
When the party of the future becomes a successful incubator, not only will it be seen as more indispensable, but it will also send a great signal to those who think politics is disconnected from reality.
On 28 June 2016 German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with the German Federal Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, officially launched the DIALOGUE ON EUROPE-project at the Europasaal of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. At this occasion leading European intellectuals such as Prof. Brendan Simms (University of Cambridge), …
We are delighted to officially announce that we have started new strategic cooperations with the Italian think tank Volta as well as the French think tank Terra Nova. Milan and Brussels-based Volta is a political network that is closely connected to the Renzi government in Rome. It is actively engaged in the creation and dissemination …
The migrant crisis and the successes that populists have achieved in gaining power puts European social democracy in front of new challenges, from several perspectives
