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The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU | Global Dialogue invites you to an online discussion on the European Commission’s new strategy on small modular reactors (SMRs). At the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe, we will present a new analysis by researchers from the Technical University of Berlin discussing open questions in view of the development of this technology in the EU. The European Commission has given SMRs a prominent place in its 2025 Affordable Energy Action Plan. However, given the long road of SMRs towards potential technology readiness and the assumed high costs of electricity generation, experts question if these projects would ever supply any meaningful quantity of electricity to businesses and consumers. While EU policymakers and US big tech rush towards SMR technology with high expectations, our new analysis summarises the potential, the costs and open questions that should be part of the debate.

🟢 Join our webinar 'Small modular reactors - Smaller regulation?', TODAY at 17:00 CET 👉 calendar.boell.de/en/small-mod...

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Böll EU Brief 01/2026 | Small modular reactors – smaller regulation? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union This Böll EU Brief critically assesses the prospects of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Europe. It finds that most SMR designs remain in early development, lack regulatory approval in the EU, and are...

⏩ With the European Commission set to present its Energy Package on 10 March, including a communication on 'Future development and deployment of small modular reactors in Europe', this Brief comes at a critical moment for the debate 👉 eu.boell.org/en/small-mod... #SMRs

Böll EU Brief 01/2026 | Small modular reactors – smaller regulation? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union This Böll EU Brief critically assesses the prospects of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Europe. It finds that most SMR designs remain in early development, lack regulatory approval in the EU, and are...

❓ A new Böll EU Brief by Alexander J. Wimmers, Christian von Hirschhausen & Björn Steigerwald on #SMRs finds that the gap between political ambition and technical reality is substantial – and that betting on unproven technology carries serious strategic risks for Europe's #energytransition.

Böll EU Brief 01/2026 | Small modular reactors – smaller regulation? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union This Böll EU Brief critically assesses the prospects of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Europe. It finds that most SMR designs remain in early development, lack regulatory approval in the EU, and are...

☢️ The European Commission has given #SMRs a prominent place in its 2025 Affordable Energy Action Plan. But experts question whether these projects would ever supply any meaningful quantity of electricity to businesses and consumers.
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🟢 NEW Böll EU Brief | Small modular reactors – smaller regulation? 👉 eu.boell.org/en/small-mod...
💬 Join our webinar TODAY at 17:00 CET ▶️ calendar.boell.de/en/small-mod...
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#SRMs #nuclearpower #nuclearenergy #smallmodularreactors

Sustainability for Resilience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies pledged to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 – including 1.5% for resilience and security-related investment. Yet what counts towards this 1.5% remains un...

💬 @rkefferputz.bsky.social: "Done right, however, investments in energy systems, rail infrastructure or even nature-based barriers can significantly enhance NATO’s defence. Our study shows how.”
👉 eu.boell.org/en/sustainab...

Sustainability for Resilience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies pledged to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 – including 1.5% for resilience and security-related investment. Yet what counts towards this 1.5% remains un...

💬 @rkefferputz.bsky.social: “The 1.5 percent resilience target must strengthen NATO’s security, not finance bridges to nowhere. Without clear criteria and planning mechanisms, governments risk relabelling ordinary projects as resilience spending."
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Sustainability for Resilience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies pledged to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 – including 1.5% for resilience and security-related investment. Yet what counts towards this 1.5% remains un...

🇪🇺 The e-paper also introduces a role-based framework – frontline, transit, littoral, and less exposed states – to align resilience investments with each country’s role in collective defence 👉 eu.boell.org/en/sustainab...

Sustainability for Resilience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies pledged to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 – including 1.5% for resilience and security-related investment. Yet what counts towards this 1.5% remains un...

🌱Investments in rail mobility, renewable energy, supply-chain diversification & strategic nature restoration can:
✅ Strengthen deterrence & military mobility
✅ Reduce reliance on vulnerable fossil fuel infrastructure
✅ Support industrial competitiveness
✅ Advance decarbonisation & biodiversity goals

Sustainability for Resilience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies pledged to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 – including 1.5% for resilience and security-related investment. Yet what counts towards this 1.5% remains un...

🛡️ Our new e-paper 'Sustainability for Resilience' explores how allies can deliver on resilience alongside the 3.5% core defence target agreed at the 2025 #NATO Summit 👉 eu.boell.org/en/sustainab...

@rusi.bsky.social

Sustainability for Resilience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies pledged to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 – including 1.5% for resilience and security-related investment. Yet what counts towards this 1.5% remains un...

🟢 New e-paper alert!

Sustainability for Resilience: How to Deliver NATO’s 1.5% Resilience and Security Investment Target 👉 eu.boell.org/en/sustainab...

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@rusi.bsky.social @boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social @rkefferputz.bsky.social @antonmoeller.bsky.social

Attending @boell.de’s panel discussion on the proposal for A European Security Council.

Just this weekend we heard from the so-called E3, with the EU (vdl especially) pushing hard to show continued relevance.

Is this the path to getting there? I expect @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu will say so!

A European Security Council: Cockpit for the EU? YouTube video by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

🔴 We are LIVE! "A European Security Council: Cockpit for the EU? Debating proposals for a new decision-making body", discussion w/ EU Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu, MEP Sergey Lagodinsky & Dr. @rosabalfour.bsky.social
▶️ youtube.com/live/14P4Ztx...
@boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social

🌱 Tomorrow we will host the #CEPSLab2026 side session “From frontlines to forums – amplifying climate voices that matter” (by invitation-only) ➡️ ideaslab.ceps.eu/from-frontli...

🟢 Are you attending #CEPSLab2026? Visit our stand to learn more about our projects and publications, and to meet our Young Climate Leaders 2026! 👉🏼 eu.boell.org/en/young-cli...

@boell.de @ceps.eu

Böll EU Brief 06/2025 | Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world’s green currency | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union The new US shift on monetary and climate policy has created a rare opening for Europe. With strong green finance rules and the European Central Bank integrating climate risks, the EU can position the ...

Read also our Böll EU Brief 06/2025 "Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world’s green currency", by @apsmolenska.bsky.social & @jvtk.bsky.social: eu.boell.org/en/green-eur...

Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world's green currency YouTube video by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

🟢 Did you miss our webinar "Green euro rising: Positioning the #euro as the world's green currency", with @apsmolenska.bsky.social, @jvtk.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @katie0martin.ft.com?

▶️ Watch the recording www.youtube.com/live/8mMqZZo...

@boell.de @antonmoeller.bsky.social

🟢 Seismic win for @greenparty.org.uk, taking 40% in by-election and boosting them to five MPs. Labour and Reform sidelined.
🌻 Protest vote or political realignment?
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social weighs in 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2026/02/2...
@boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social @janalbrecht.bsky.social

🟢 A more assertive Europe? In our Böll EU Newsletter 02/2026, @rkefferputz.bsky.social examines “coalitions of the willing”, pragmatic federalism and a proposed European Security Council – plus new publications & events 👉 96701.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16901932/

@boell.de

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU | Global Dialogue invites you to an online discussion on the European Commission’s new strategy on small modular reactors (SMRs). At the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe, we will present a new analysis by researchers from the Technical University of Berlin discussing open questions in view of the development of this technology in the EU. The European Commission has given SMRs a prominent place in its 2025 Affordable Energy Action Plan. However, given the long road of SMRs towards potential technology readiness and the assumed high costs of electricity generation, experts question if these projects would ever supply any meaningful quantity of electricity to businesses and consumers. More info: https://calendar.boell.de/en/small-modular-reactors

🟢 15 years after #Fukushima, small modular reactors #SMRs feature prominently in the European Commission’s 2025 Affordable Energy Action Plan. But are they grounded in technical, economic & regulatory reality? ☢️

▶️ Join our webinar on Thu 5 March, 17:00 CET 👉 calendar.boell.de/en/small-mod...

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue cordially invites you to a panel discussion with European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, MEP Sergey Lagodinsky and Dr. Rosa Balfour: A European Security Council: Cockpit for the EU? Debating proposals for a new decision-making body. More info: https://calendar.boell.de/en/European-Security-Council

🟢 A European Security Council? Discussion with EU Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu, MEP Sergey Lagodinsky & Dr. @rosabalfour.bsky.social
📆 Monday 2 March in Brussels/online
✅ In-person attendance (limited spots): calendar.boell.de/en/European-...
▶️ Livestream: youtube.com/live/14P4Ztx...

Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world's green currency Geopolitical uncertainties and the recent US shifts on monetary and climate policy have created a rare opening for the euro. With the international monetary order shifting, the euro has the potential ...

🟢 Webinar TODAY at 13:00 CET! "Green euro rising: Positioning the € as the world's green currency" 👉 calendar.boell.de/en/green-eur...

@apsmolenska.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @katie0martin.ft.com @antonmoeller.bsky.social

🟢 TOMORROW at 13:00 CET! Join our webinar "Green euro rising: Positioning the € as the world's green currency" 👉 calendar.boell.de/en/green-eur...

@apsmolenska.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @katie0martin.ft.com @antonmoeller.bsky.social @ecb.europa.eu

How not to talk about a blackout | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union On 28 April 2025, a sudden blackout plunged the Iberian Peninsula into darkness. Within hours, renewables were blamed. Months later, experts found a voltage surge – not green energy – triggered the…

💡 When the Iberian Peninsula went dark in April 2025, renewables were instantly blamed, but the real cause was a voltage surge and grid failures, not solar or wind. This piece from @boelleu.bsky.social explores how blackout scares are turned into anti‑climate disinformation.
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The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue cordially invites you to a panel discussion with European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, MEP Sergey Lagodinsky and Dr. Rosa Balfour: A European Security Council: Cockpit for the EU? Debating proposals for a new decision-making body The world around Europe is changing fast. Geopolitical shifts are challenging the international order, Russia’s war in Ukraine has upset the European security architecture. And old alliances are no longer as reliable. Faced with these challenges Europe needs to step up. But are EU decision-making mechanisms fit for purpose? The current modus operandi mostly requires consensus among the 27 Member States resulting in a slow response rate. Recent crises have thus revived calls for a “European Security Council”, an idea that has been prominently advanced by EU Commissioner Kubilius. At the same time, MEP Sergey Lagodinsky has put forward a detailed institutional proposal outlining legal pathways, governance models, and safeguards for democratic legitimacy. At this panel discussion, we will debate the idea and potential blueprints for such a European Security Council.

🟢 Join us and EU Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu, MEP Sergey Lagodinsky & Dr. @rosabalfour.bsky.social on 2 March in Brussels, for a debate on the proposed European Security Council! 🇪🇺

📅 More info & sign-up 👉 calendar.boell.de/en/European-...

@boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social

On Feb 26, join @unsdsn.org & @eesc.bsky.social for the live launch of the Europe Sustainable Development Report (#ESDR) 2026!

🗓️ Date: February 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:15-11:15 CET
🔗 Livestream: www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/ou...

Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world's green currency Geopolitical uncertainties and the recent US shifts on monetary and climate policy have created a rare opening for the euro. With the international monetary order shifting, the euro has the potential ...

✅ Register here ▶️ calendar.boell.de/en/green-eur...

🟢 Webinar Tue 24/02 13:00 CET, with @apsmolenska.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @katie0martin.ft.com
→ How shifting 🇺🇸 policies open space for € internationalisation
→ Why the € is becoming the currency of choice for clean energy
→ What this means for 🇪🇺 strategic autonomy

A new free trade for a new era | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union The EU and India have signed a historic free trade agreement. What is needed now is an active, long-term, progressive trade strategy. This must put goals such as sustainability, security, and partners...

🟢 The EU & #India have signed a historic FTA. What is needed now is an active, long-term, progressive #trade strategy. This must put goals such as #sustainability, security & partnerships between equals at the forefront, write Imme Scholz & @janalbrecht.bsky.social 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2026/02/1...

Green euro rising: Positioning the euro as the world's green currency Geopolitical uncertainties and the recent US shifts on monetary and climate policy have created a rare opening for the euro. With the international monetary order shifting, the euro has the potential ...

🟢 US policy shifts are opening doors for the € as the world's leading green currency. With 50%+ of global green bonds already in €, can 🇪🇺 leverage this advantage?
📅 Join our webinar on 24/02, 13:00 CET
✅ Register here ▶️ calendar.boell.de/en/green-eur...
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