{"id":17863,"date":"2025-02-28T07:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=project&#038;p=17863"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:51:27","slug":"more-diverse-than-united","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/project\/more-diverse-than-united\/","title":{"rendered":"More diverse than united?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>In June 2024, EU citizens will head to the polls for the 10th time to elect their representatives in the European Parliament. While EP elections remain \u2018second-order elections\u2019, in which national parties compete on the basis of domestic issuess, the 2024 edition takes place in a particularly turbulent context that could significantly impact the vote. Given Russia\u2019s war of aggression still raging in Ukraine, on the EU\u2019s borders, the uncertain outcome of the US elections in November 2024, and heightened tensions between the US and China with all the multiple consequences of these crises and of the ongoing poly-transition \u2013 the stakes of the upcoming elections are arguably higher than ever before. The rumor mill is already in overdrive with warnings that the far right is likely to shake the political establishment at the ballot box and take as much as a quarter&nbsp; of the seats in the next European assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How are political parties addressing today\u2019s complex challenges in their programmes and electoral campaigns \u2013 and how do they differ in doing so? Which topics dominate the debates? How will the results affect the balance of power in the next European Parliament and other EU institutions? What will the policy implications be? In this project, we seek to answer these questions by focusing on a number of key member states in comparative perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-project\">About the project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/240926_dpz_cover_election-project_more-diverse-than-united.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35189\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/241001_DPZ_EPC_EP-Election-Project_Final-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Final Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>From early 2024 to the autumn, together with several European think tanks and research organisations we monitor, compare, and analyse on the basis of a common methodological approach the election campaigns and results in four major member states \u2013 France, Germany, Italy, and Poland. We also discuss the aggregated results from an EU-level perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project identifies commonalities and differences in political issues and public debates across the EU; reveals ideological and issue-based cleavages; and compares attitudes of citizens in the different countries studied. It gives insights on how democracies are faring in key EU member states and the influential trends on EU decisions in the new policy cycle. It also looks at how the elections will impact the policy direction of the next European leadership, offering clues about the prospect of new initiatives and policy reforms, uncovering potential obstacles to treaty reforms, and indicating common positions among the four countries analysed. The research group also discusses the extent to which campaigns are linked to national issues or Europeanised, and whether a connection can be drawn between turnout and electoral issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Country Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/240927_dpz_coverelection-project_country-report_france.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18278\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/240801_dpz_election-project_country-report_FRANCE_EN.pdf\">Enlish<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/240801_dpz_election-project_country-report_france_FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">French<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240717_dpz_election-project_country-report_Germany_E.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/EP-Election-Project-Germany.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18186\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240717_dpz_election-project_country-report_Germany_E.pdf\">English<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240716_dpz_election-project_country-report_Germany_D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240703_DPZ-EPC-IAI_EP-Election-Project_Country-Report-Italy_EN.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/EP-Election-Project-Italy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18187\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240703_DPZ-EPC-IAI_EP-Election-Project_Country-Report-Italy_EN.pdf\">English<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240716_DPZ-EPC-IAI_EP-Election-Project_Country-Report-Italy_IT.pdf\">Italian<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/240702_DPZ-EPC_EP-Election-Project_Country-Report-Poland_EN.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/EP-Election-Project-Poland.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18188\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/240702_DPZ-EPC_EP-Election-Project_Country-Report-Poland_EN-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-project-partners-amp-reseachers\">Project partners &amp; Reseachers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is conducted as a joint cooperation between Das Progressive Zentrum (Berlin, Germany) and the European Policy Centre (Brussels, Belgium). In addition, it includes the following partner organisations: Istituto Affari Internazionali (Italy), Terra Nova (France) and Krytyka Polityczna (Poland), which provide specific expertise to allow for a fuller European perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"partner-item partner-view-small\"><div class=\"partner-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/partner\/european-policy-centre-epc\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/EPC_Big_logo-334x200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-logo size-dpz-logo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .partner-item -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"partner-item partner-view-small\"><div class=\"partner-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/partner\/istituto-affari-internazionali\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/IAI_logo-big-548x200.png\" class=\"attachment-dpz-logo size-dpz-logo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .partner-item -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"partner-item partner-view-small\"><div class=\"partner-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/partner\/terra-nova\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/terra-nova-logo-hd-2-b37078f557fd4b4a87ff1b1dc73b327b-337x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-logo size-dpz-logo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .partner-item -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"partner-item partner-view-small\"><div class=\"partner-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/partner\/krytyka-polityczna\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/KP-sharing-image-381x200.png\" class=\"attachment-dpz-logo size-dpz-logo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .partner-item -->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Teamfotos-Moritz-Luis-Michel-Sophie-Jasmin-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11616\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sophie-pornschlegel\"><strong>Sophie Pornschlegel<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sophie Pornschlegel<\/strong> is a Policy Fellow at <strong>Das Progressive Zentrum<\/strong> and currently works as Director of Studies with the Brussels think-tank <strong>Europe Jacques Delors<\/strong>.She teaches a course on European integration at Sciences Po Paris and is the author of the book \u201cAm Ende der gewohnten Ordnung: Warum wir Macht neu denken m\u00fcssen\u201d (Droemer, 2023). She previously worked as Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, where her research focused on EU institutions, democracy and rule of law. Sophie studied political science and European affairs at Sciences Po Paris, King\u2019s College London and the London School of Economics (LSE).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240530_Corina-Stratulat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34479\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-corina-stratulat\"><strong>Corina Stratulat<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Corina Stratulat is Associate Director and Head of the European Politics and Institutions Programme at the <strong>European Policy Centre<\/strong>. Her work at the EPC focuses on EU institutional developments and enlargement towards the Balkans. She holds an MPhil in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK and a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute, Italy. Her main research interests include comparative Central and East European politics, parties and party systems, elections, democracy, populism, EU institutions, the Balkans\u2019 EU integration, and enlargement policy. Together with Eric Maurice, Corina Stratulat will contribute Brussels perspective to the project binding together the findings from France, Poland, Italy and Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240530_Eric-Maurice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34480\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eric-maurice\"><strong><strong>Eric Maurice<\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Maurice is a Policy Analyst in the European Politics and Institutions programme of the <strong>European Policy Centre<\/strong>. Before joining the EPC, he was head of the Brussels office of the Robert Schuman Foundation, a French think tank, where he worked on EU institutional developments, rule of law and strategic issues. Prior to that, he covered European as well as US politics as a journalist for almost 20 years working for Courrier International, Presseurop and EUobserver. Eric holds a MPhil in Contemporary History of International Relations from the Paris Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne University and graduated from the Paris Higer School of Journalism. He is also an alumni from the Executive Course in European Studies of France\u2019s National School of Administration (ENA) and from France\u2019s Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240530_Luca-Barana-e1717043251329.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34481\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-luca-barana\"><strong><strong>Luca Barana<\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Luca Barana is a Senior fellow at <strong>Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)<\/strong>. His current research at IAI focuses on EU\u2019s migration policies, the role of migration in EU&#8217;s external action and Italy&#8217;s foreign policy, and European political dynamics. After graduating in European Studies at the University of Studies of Turin, he has been Junior Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (London\/Turin) and Program Manager at the Centre for African Studies in Turin. He has been Coordinator of the Task Force 10 on Migration of the T20 &#8211; Italy 2021. He has recently edited the volume \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iai.it\/en\/pubblicazioni\/moving-towards-europe\">Moving towards Europe<\/a>\u201d, which analyses migratory drivers and fragmented EU-bound migratory trajectories in Asia, Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240530_Marc-Olivier-Padis-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34500\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-marc-olivier-padis\"><strong><strong><strong>Marc-Olivier Padis<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc-Olivier Padis is currently Research Director for <strong>Terra Nova<\/strong>. He is a publisher and commentator on French and European politics. He has been Chief Editor and Director of the journal Esprit for almost twenty years. From 2012 to 2017, he regularly appeared on the French public radio programme \u201cL\u2019Esprit public\u201d, hosted by Philippe Meyer (now available online at www.lenouvelespritpublic.fr). He was a member of the Editorial Board for Eurozine (2009-2015) and a board member for the university Paris 3 Sorbonne-nouvelle as an outside personality in 2014 and 2015. From 2005 to 2011, he was a professor at Sciences Po Paris, teaching the major issues of European politics. He has published several books on French political philosophy (Marcel Gauchet, la gen\u00e8se de la d\u00e9mocratie, Michalon, 1996) and on international issues (Les Multinationales du c\u0153ur, with Thierry Pech, Le Seuil\/La R\u00e9publique des id\u00e9es).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mariaskora-502.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5812\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maria-skora\"><strong><strong><strong>Maria Sk\u00f3ra<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Sk\u00f3ra is a Research Associate at the <strong>Institut f\u00fcr Europ\u00e4ische Politik<\/strong> and a policy fellow at <strong>Das Progressive Zentrum<\/strong>. Previously, she was head of the International Dialogue program at Das Progressive Zentrum. She holds a master\u2019s degree in sociology and a PhD in economics. 2018 Alumna of the Young Leaders Program at the Aspen Institute Central Europe in Prague. 2019 Visiting Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and AICGS, Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. She previously worked for the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform in Berlin and as an expert for the All-Poland Federation of Trade Unions in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240530_Daniel-Schade-e1717043544246.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34482\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-daniel-schade\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Daniel Schade<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daniel Schade <\/strong>is an Assistant Professor at <strong>Leiden University<\/strong> and a Policy Fellow at <strong>Das Progressive Zentrum<\/strong>. He focuses on questions of European policy-making and the future of parliamentarism. 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