Almost done. Our Fall 2025 issue “Defending Europe‘s Economic Security“ will be out on Tuesday, marking IPQ‘s fifth anniversary — w/ Luuk van Middelaar, Hans Kribbe @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social @lucyaash.bsky.social @helenalegarda.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social et al.

Worth your time: fresh empirical data mapping Europe‘s geoeconomic entanglements with its neighbours, both wanted and unwanted. Led by my colleague @etiennehoera.d-64.social

Economic Security is central to the EU’s external strategy - see SOTEU today - but cooperation with the UK remains nascent. Political and structural reasons are behind this but @antonspisak.bsky.social and I think there are grounds for deeper cooperation: www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-proje...

"German sentiment sits with the UK, but the strategy always stays with the EU”. My thoughts in @economist.com on the - otherwise highly welcome and well-crafted - Anglo-German Friendship Treaty announced today. Thanks to @sambeal.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Germany and #UK sign the UK-German #FriendshipTreaty today. @aussenminister.diplo.de​ is traveling to London with Chancellor Merz and will also hold talks with Foreign Secretary David Lammy. 🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧 #StayTuned

🇬🇧🇩🇪 A new UK–Germany friendship treaty is on the way – but what will make it last? In @politicshome.bsky.social, @nvondarza.bsky.social and Ed Turner argue: real depth requires more than ministerial fora – it needs direct links between parliamentarians. 🔗 buff.ly/D6XqLvw

A real pleasure to welcome the UK Minister for EU Relations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, to a roundtable with stakeholders in Berlin last week. A detailed and forward-looking discussion of the new Strategic Partnership. More can be done but this is a rare positive development in a gloomy int'l environment

We’re live in Berlin with a full house! Daniela Schwarzer and Lucas Guttenberg kick off a spirited discussion on whether coalitions of the willing can save Europe. Follow here for more updates and insights ⬇️

My latest column for @wpr.bsky.social www.worldpoliticsreview.com/europe-major...

Some old barriers, some new pointers - yet the bigger prize remains out of reach. Still, we are moving forwards. My thoughts on EU-UK post summit, thanks to @padamson.bsky.social encompass-europe.com/comment/a-st...

And my very own paper, published for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social last week, is here: www.cer.eu/insights/per...

It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.

My take on the EU-UK Security and Defence Partnership agreed at the summit today.

Five thoughts on today's EU-UK summit 🧵

Some thoughts on the UK-EU “reset” deal announced today at Lancaster House (focusing on what was actually agreed , not the politics):

Two of our three recommendations materialize at today‘s summit. Still much to be done on #3 - converge on economic security. Today’s SNP provision still quite limited here. @antonspisak.bsky.social @dschwarzer.bsky.social www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/publicati...

The UK's outdated red lines and the EU's obsession with coherence in third party relations have made it pretty hard to keep the real goal in sight - Europe's security and prosperity. Still, today's summit is a welcome step forward. My take on today's likely events. globaleurope.eu/europes-futu...

Keir Starmer is in Brussels today to meet with EU leaders. The reset will be on the agenda ahead of the first summit. Our new Policy Brief, jointly with @dschwarzer.bsky.social and @antonspisak.bsky.social sets out three priorities. www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-proje...

1/ UK’s new EU sherpa is a key puzzle piece to getting the EU-UK reset off the ground. EU experience and Whitehall clout will be key to pushing UK’s EU strategy forward. Starmer will join EU leaders in February, first EU-UK summit is due in a few months’ time. What's next? Short 🧵