Roderick Kefferpütz

Böll EU Brief 04/2025 | Northern EU enlargement in sight? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union Northern EU accession is becoming a political possibility that requires attention. Bundling enlargement could help build momentum. A carefully sequenced enlargement round that includes both Nordic and...

📙 Read our Böll EU Brief "𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀" by @alanderminna.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/Northern-...

@boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social

Iceland’s new government has promised to hold a referendum on the country’s EU accession by 2027 at the latest.
💡 A geopolitical window of opportunity has opened up: the new strategic context created by Russia’s war & Trump’s return have prompted shifts in public opinion in 🇮🇸, #Norway & #Greenland.

EU-Erweiterung nach Norden Die nächste EU-Erweiterungsrunde dürfte den Norden betreffen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Studie der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, die analysiert hat, warum Norwegen, Island und Grönland schon sehr bald d...

🟢 The idea of Northern EU #enlargement is gaining traction – with @spiegel.de picking up our new 𝗕ö𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. A potential EU accession of #Norway, #Iceland and #Greenland, however, is not a 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪.
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Böll EU Brief 04/2025 | Northern EU enlargement in sight? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union Northern EU accession is becoming a political possibility that requires attention. Bundling enlargement could help build momentum. A carefully sequenced enlargement round that includes both Nordic and...

Our Böll EU Brief shows why Northern EU enlargement matters now, for:
⚡ Energy and Arctic resilience
🛡️ Critical resources and stability
🇪🇺 Revitalising the broader EU enlargement agenda
eu.boell.org/en/Northern-...

Böll EU Brief 04/2025 | Northern EU enlargement in sight? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union Northern EU accession is becoming a political possibility that requires attention. Bundling enlargement could help build momentum. A carefully sequenced enlargement round that includes both Nordic and...

As our Director @rkefferputz.bsky.social puts it: "Northern enlargement would reinforce the EU’s global weight, institutional credibility, and resilience. Progress in the North could re-energise the EU’s broader enlargement agenda and show that the Union remains open and forward-looking."

🟢 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 🆕 𝗕ö𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 by @alanderminna.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/Northern-...
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@boell.de @rasmusnordqvist.bsky.social ‪@kiramph.bsky.social @rkefferputz.bsky.social @zorasiebert.bsky.social

🟢 Delayed, diluted, simplified... Is the #EUGreenDeal on the tightrope?
📨 Read @rkefferputz.bsky.social's letter and more in our latest Böll EU Newsletter 👉 96701.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16331368/
📩 Sign up now to our mailing list 👉 eu.boell.org/en/email-upd...
@boell.de #2040target #climate

Böll EU Brief 01/2025 | Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump's tariffs | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Böll Brief “Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump’s tariffs“ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on Euro...

🟢 The 9 July deadline for a EU-US #trade deal is fast approaching, and negotiations are intensifying. From trade war to trade truce and beyond, what alternative strategies the EU has to safeguard its economic interests?
💡Check out our Böll EU Brief 👉 eu.boell.org/en/trading-p...
#Tariffs #Trump

YouTube video by euronews (deutsch) Brüssel, meine Liebe? Ein besänftigter Trump und das europäisch-kanadische Liebespaar

Letzte Woche war voll geopolitischer Entwicklungen.

Um alles einzuordnen, waren MdEP Tobias Cremer, @lisamusiol.bsky.social und ich bei
@euronewsde.bsky.social zu Gast und sprachen über:

🛡️ NATO-Gipfel
❗ Angriff auf Irans Atomanlagen
🤝 EU–Kanada-Gipfel

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cS...

🟢 Successful 🇪🇺🇨🇦 summit, historic #NATOsummit, packed #EUCO reaffirming the EU's support to #Ukraine 🇪🇺🇺🇦 – all against the backdrop of escalating conflict in the #MiddleEast. @rkefferputz.bsky.social shares his take on this pivotal week for EU and global diplomacy ▶️
@boell.de

Europe’s place amid the collapse of three orders | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union The European Union is not merely facing a series of overlapping crises, but the simultaneous unravelling of the geopolitical, economic, and democratic orders that have long underpinned its stability a...

🟢 The EU stands at a crossroads: as the old geopolitical, economic & democratic orders unravel, will it seize the chance to shape the new world—or be shaped by it?
Commentary by @rkefferputz.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/2...
@boell.de #NATO2025 #NATOSummit #EUCO

Transatlantic relations on the rocks: A conversation with Sergey Lagodinsky | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union Donald Trump is back in the White House and with him, a foreign policy that openly questions the sovereignty of allies, undermines democratic values, challenges European security commitments, and disr...

🟢 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀: 𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗘𝗣 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/2...
The US, once the guarantor of Europe’s security, prosperity, and #democracy, has become its saboteur. How should the EU respond to this shifting landscape?
@rkefferputz.bsky.social

🟢 𝟯 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘇𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗭𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗶ń𝘀𝗸𝗮 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/1...

@zielonipl.bsky.social @europeangreens.eu @greens-efa.eu @boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social

elon taking notes from chinese billionaires
(everyone must bend the knee)

Jaishankar: "China and India stand out because they are the only two countries with over 1 billion people and are some kind of civilizational state."

Asked if Europeans are naive on China: "No, but with a caveat - different countries move at different speeds."

#BrusselsForum

Dossier: EU-India relations | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union EU-India relations are key for the von der Leyen II European Commission, as the is also looking to expand its circle of key partners, against a backdrop of uncertainty over transatlantic relations.

Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar at #BrusselsForum emphasises 2025 is the most intense year for EU-India cooperation. Mentions that "by the end of the year it is feasible to finalise a trade deal."

At @boelleu.bsky.social we launched a EU-India dossier to keep track: eu.boell.org/en/eu-india-...

🟢 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 ranked high in this week's 2025 𝗜𝗜𝗦𝗦' 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗟𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲! 💬🧵

🛡️ A dedicated plenary session was devoted to the topic ➡️ www.iiss.org/events/shang... with keynotes by Defence Ministers from New Zealand, France & Finland 🇳🇿🇫🇷🇫🇮

🟢 Join the webinar "Slovakia and the new leaders of the West", tomorrow at 14:00 CEST with @rkefferputz.bsky.social, @milanninberlin.bsky.social, Miroslava Pisklová & Zuzana Gabrižov 👉 calendar.boell.de/en/event/slo...
@boell.de @euractivsk.bsky.social @dgap.org @ecfrpower.bsky.social

🟢 The EU's new strategic approach to the #BlackSea region, presented today, echoes the key recommendations of our new Böll EU Brief '𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆: 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀' by @jonasfranken.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/cable-diplomacy
📽️ @rkefferputz.bsky.social gives you the gist ▶️

🟢 Where and how should the EU build effective cable diplomacy partnerships? Check our our NEW Böll EU Brief 03/2025 | 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆: 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 by @jonasfranken.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/cable-dip...
@peasec.de @boell.de

🟢 Pro-European Mayor of Bucharest #NicușorDan won yesterday's presidential election run-off 🗳️🇷🇴
💡🇪🇺 We asked 3 questions about results, geopolitics, #disinformation & Romania's role in the EU to MEP @nicustefanuta.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/1...
@greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu @boell.de

🟢 NEW Böll EU Brief 02/2025 | 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁: 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗨-𝗨𝗞 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, by @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social (@ukandeu.bsky.social) 👉 eu.boell.org/en/beyond-br...

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#EU #UK #summit @boell.de @euinuk.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @lscazzieri.bsky.social

🟢 #EuropeDay | 80 years end of World War II | 70 years of Germany in NATO. A time for remembrance and commemoration, and also to cherish our #democracy, values & shared institutions 🕊️ 🏛️ 🇪🇺
▶️ Watch the message from @rkefferputz.bsky.social
@boell.de #ChooseEurope #Europe #9May

🟢 Five months into the new European Commission, we are releasing an updated 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿 👉 eu.boell.org/en/green-dea...
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@ieep.eu @boell.de @eeb.org @caneurope.org @ec.europa.eu @europeangreens.eu @greens-efa.eu @rkefferputz.bsky.social @juttapaulus.bsky.social

Bild in Blau mit einer Friedenstaube und dem Zitat von Heinrich Böll: “Wir leben in einer Gegenwart, die alles Vergangene enthält".

Am 8. Mai 1945 endete der Zweite Weltkrieg in #Europa. Dieser Tag markiert das Ende der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur und die #Befreiung der überfallenen Länder. Wir gedenken allen Opfern des Nazi-Regimes. 1/2

YouTube video by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union New Federal government: what's next for Germany's EU policy?

🟢 The Bundestag is set to give green light to a new Federal government coalition (CDU/CSU & SPD) on Tuesday 6 May. What does this mean for Germany's EU policy? 🇩🇪🤝🇪🇺
This is the take of our Director @rkefferputz.bsky.social 💡
Like, comment and share! 🌻
youtu.be/WFhSzMYq4eo
@boell.de

Hannah Neumann : Wer attackiert diese Frau? Mit Betroffenen staatlicher Überwachung zu sprechen, ist für die Europaabgeordnete Hannah Neumann Alltag. Dann wurde sie selbst ausspioniert. Die Spur führt in den Iran.

Das iranische Regime hat mich & mein Parlamentsbüro mit einer #Cyberattacke angegriffen. Solche Angriffe sollen Kritiker*innen einschüchtern - genau deswegen spreche ich jetzt offen darüber. Wir müssen #TransnationaleRepression gemeinsam bekämpfen. #Iran
Ganze Geschichte @zeit.de: bit.ly/Iran_ZEIT

🟢 Trump's #tariffs are here 🚧 How should the EU react? @rkefferputz.bsky.social presents 3️⃣ scenarios for the EU's response, from our 🆕 Böll EU Brief "Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump's tariffs" 👉 eu.boell.org/en/trading-p...
@annacavazzini.bsky.social @majdoulinesbai.bsky.social

In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Böll Brief “Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump’s tariffs“ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners

In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Böll Brief “Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump’s tariffs“ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners

In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Böll Brief “Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump’s tariffs“ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners

In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Böll Brief “Trading partners? Europe's options against Trump’s tariffs“ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners

🟢 In a pivotal week for transatlantic #trade relations, we're publishing today the new EU Böll Brief “𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀? 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲'𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀“ 👉 eu.boell.org/en/trading-p...
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@boell.de @sonalichowdhry.bsky.social @julianhi.nz @hendrikmahlkow.com @kiel.institute @diw.de #Tariffs

Why are particularly Ireland, Slovakia & Belgium urging "EU restraint" on Trump's tariffs?

Because, they're most affected (see the "trade war" scenario in our new Boell EU Brief).

France is particularly keen to hit back hard; but then it is also one of the least affected countries.