News from the Jacques Delors Centre

Who pays for the EU? In relation to economic output, Germany's contribution to the EU budget is one of the lowest of all member states

What's on the cards for von der Leyen?

Markus Jachtenfuchs talks on German radio about the challenges ahead for the new European Commission.

All about our new Jacques Delors Centre

Thinking Europe. Europa denken. Penser l'Europe.

Days between approval of president and of college of commissioners

Von der Leyen's Commission still faces the hurdle of the parliamentary consent

After two crises, migration patterns in the EU have changed profoundly

Southern EU regions turned from net immigration to emigration regions, while a reversed trend took place in western and northern regions

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2019 Michael Endres Prize recipient Adrienne Héritier asks, "Quo vadis, Europa?"

Former German President Horst Köhler, member of the jury, presents prize to the European political scientist.

More and more Europeans shop online cross-border

The Digital Single Market is deepening despite linguistic and regulatory barriers

Germans and their fear of inflation: A historic misunderstanding?

Jacques Delors Fellow Nils Redeker states that the German aversion towards inflation is a historical misunderstanding cited in Bloomberg.

Zeit Online - Print money like it's 1923. Or 1932?

Many Germans criticise the ECB's monetary policy. Jacques Delors Fellow Nils Redeker and his co-authors analyse the historical reasons causing the inflation fear, in Zeit Online, 01.11.2019 (in German).

In a more fragmented European Parliament, von der Leyen must find allies

Besides the RE group, ECR is a potential ally, as Greens/EFA support cannot be taken for granted.

Ursula von der Leyen faces tough challenges as Commission President, says Markus Jachtenfuchs.

Speaking on German radio Deutschlandfunk, Jachtenfuchs says assembling majorities will be hard.