How to match Sunday declarations & speeches into Monday's reality?

Read more here: epc-web-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/content/Enlarg…

The draft #EUCO Conlcusions do not include a roadmap for the future work on internal reforms, as #EU leaders had promised in June 2024.

All this shows that #EU & member states are not adequately responding to the "Test of Times" when it comes to enlargement & reform.

Many references to geopolitical imperative of enlargement in Sunday speeches & declarations.

But which strategic enlargement options are there & how can they be linked to internal #EU reform?

Read more here in new @epc-official.bsky.social paper: www.epc.eu/content/Enla...

#EUCO

"The ‘willing and able’ should intensify their level of cooperation in the context of an Open Supra-Governmental Avantgarde (OSGA)."

How should 'coalitions of the willing' organize their cooperation inside/outside #EU?

Read #EU reform recommendation #4 here: www.epc.eu/content/Enla...

"An independent authority should be mandated by the European Council to elaborate an #EU Governance Reform Report."

The EU's operating system needs to be made enlargement-, future- & crisis-proof.

Read EU reform recommendation #2 in new @epc-official.bsky.social report: www.epc.eu/en/Publicati...

Two Imperatives | Nine Strategic #EU Enlargement & Reform Options | 12 Recommendations

This new @epc-official.bsky.social paper aims to inspire, promote & link the debates on how to widen & deepen European integration in the coming years.

Read more here: epc.eu/content/Enla...

Putting final touches on paper related to enlargement & internal #EU reform. Will be published after Easter.

Aspiring to promote & link debates on future of EU widening & deepening.

Enlargement & Reform Imperative | Strategic Options | 12 Key Recommendations

@epc-official.bsky.social

#EUCO

Friedrich Merz yesterday in Munich spoke of „grüne und linke Spinner“ ("green and left idiots")

This Trump 2.0 rhetoric is not the best way to start a federal coalition with the SPD.

Structural trend of AfD since 2013 shown in figures… 👇

This is why next German federal elections could be key.

If AfD ever at around 30% or even higher at federal level, 'Brandmauer' extremely difficult to defend.

Friedrich Merz yesterday in Munich spoke of „grüne und linke Spinner“ ("green and left idiots")

This Trump 2.0 rhetoric is not the best way to start a federal coalition with the SPD.