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The European Union, founded in 1957, is a union of 27 member states that has significantly evolved since the end of the East-West conflict in 1990. It plays a significant role in global politics and the economy. The Heinrich Böll Foundation is deeply committed to the future of the European project and the role of the European Union in the world. You can find more about the work of our EU & North America department and our country offices on this page.

Here you will find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on the European Union.

Recent Articles on the European Union

Countering online risks in a ‘Super Election Year’: Why the EU and Africa need each other

Analysis

The European Union should work together with partners in Africa to secure electoral systems against cyberattacks and to prevent the spread of false and misleading information. This is also in line with European interests and values.

By Sabine Muscat and Cayley Clifford

Lena Meyer-Landrut steht auf einer blau ausgeleuchteten Bühne und hält ein Mikrofon in der Hand. Dahinter, weniger hell beleuchtet, drei Sängerinnen. Alle vier tragen schwarze Kleider.

Germany as „Good European“ in the Eurovision Song Contest

Analysis

The Europeanization of German identity runs like a red thread through Germany's post-war history and is also evident in its performances at the ESC: Germany presents itself as cosmopolitan.

By Prof. Dr. Alison Lewis

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Thematic Focuses on the European Union

Boell.Thema 1/2024: Europe – a Promise

Actually European!? 2024

European Policy

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Contested Mobility Norms in Africa

Migration from Africa will not only occupy European politics in the future; it is already shaping politics in Africa today and is an important factor for economic development.

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Democratic Corrosion at the Heart of Europe

E-Paper

The Covid-19 pandemic crystalized the myriad challenges facing the modern world like few crises before it. Its impacts were so far reaching, its insights so diverse, that even the metaphors created to understand it spun off their own field of study.

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Cover of the E-Paper, background image: a huge mine.

Value Addition in the Context of Mineral Processing

Study

This report takes a look at metal processing on the basis of six exemplary metals, which are essential to achieve decarbonisation.

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