AI: the role of the state and a progressive narrative
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Artificial intelligence between hype and hysteria
2025 German Election Briefing: Learnings for Progressives
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Following the Bundestag elections, we analyse results, highlight missteps, and explore the key challenge for the progressive camp.
The CDU/CSU and SPD must reach nothing less than a historic compromise
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Our chairman Prof Dr Wolfgang Schroeder describes the challenges and necessities for the coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD.
Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe?
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Now is the time to move closer together. The historic success of the far right in Germany’s federal election is a threat not only for all disadvantaged groups in this country - it is a threat to democracy which concerns us all.
The CDU/CSU and SPD must reach nothing less than a historic compromise
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Our chairman Prof Dr Wolfgang Schroeder describes the challenges and necessities for the coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD.
Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe?
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Now is the time to move closer together. The historic success of the far right in Germany’s federal election is a threat not only for all disadvantaged groups in this country - it is a threat to democracy which concerns us all.
Friedrich Merz shattered a political taboo. This is a chance for the centre-left in Germany
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Progressive parties swiftly need to turn the dial, Florian Ranft states in The Guardian. The attention needs to be moved from simply despising the enemies of democracy to what people really expect.
Preparedness, Investment and Industrial Policy in Times of Political Upheaval
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Progressive Economics Network Meeting in Berlin on inflation, industrial policy, and investments
AI: the role of the state and a progressive narrative
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Artificial intelligence between hype and hysteria
2025 German Election Briefing: Learnings for Progressives
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Following the Bundestag elections, we analyse results, highlight missteps, and explore the key challenge for the progressive camp.
Before the Election: Insights from the US Industrial Heartlands
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What do people in the industrial heartlands of the US Midwest actually think about politics? And what are the actual needs and concerns of these communities?
Lessons Learned from the US Presidential Election
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A week ago, Donald Trump moved into the White House for the second time, and the radical shift in US politics has already become abundantly clear. What factors drove voters in the industrial heartlands to lean Republican?
Foreign Policy for the Middle Classes: New Industrial Policy in Times of Geoeconomic Shift
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In light of the recent geo-economic shifts accelerated by the pandemic, global crises and conflicts, and the ongoing efforts to tackle the climate crisis, one group is facing particular challenges: The middle class in the former industrial heartlands across the US and Europe.
How to foster public support for European climate policies. Evidence from the German population
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Europe’s transition towards climate neutrality by 2050 requires major shifts in the structure of our economy and society – and wide societal backing. This paper analyses what kind of EU climate policy would meet with broad social approval and formulates corresponding recommendations.
Foreign Policy for the Middle Classes: New Industrial Policy in Times of Geoeconomic Shift
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In light of the recent geo-economic shifts accelerated by the pandemic, global crises and conflicts, and the ongoing efforts to tackle the climate crisis, one group is facing particular challenges: The middle class in the former industrial heartlands across the US and Europe.
How to foster public support for European climate policies. Evidence from the German population
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Europe’s transition towards climate neutrality by 2050 requires major shifts in the structure of our economy and society – and wide societal backing. This paper analyses what kind of EU climate policy would meet with broad social approval and formulates corresponding recommendations.
More diverse than united? A comparative analysis of the EU elections 2024
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Analysis of European Parliament election programmes and electoral campaigns, focusing on key member states in a comparative perspective.
Industrial Heartlands: New Opportunities
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Public opinion on the politics of the industrial heartlands in the US and Germany