Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerCentre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 24/08/2026An essay by @dschwarzer.bsky.social on the practical agenda that could make the UK and the EU stronger together. buff.ly/4xUfjtD 101
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerCentre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“The next phase of the EU-UK relationship will be judged by whether it helps Europe as a whole.” @dschwarzer.bsky.social argues that future UK-EU co-operation should strengthen Europe’s collective resilience & capacity to act, in the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social's essay. buff.ly/ZYEunU9 043
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerAnton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social · 23/06/2026@dschwarzer.bsky.social asks what would be a practical way forward for the UK-EU 'reset'. And she makes the case for an agenda that is built around economic security, resilience and competitiveness. www.cer.eu/publications... 121
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerSandra Schulz @schusand.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Mit @dschwarzer.bsky.social heute ziemlich flott einen Blick auf das Le Pen-Urteil geworfen und mit @mjrieger.bsky.social diskutiert, ob die Trump-WM-Einmischung ein Infantino-Kipppunkt wird. Was fun! 🙂 Le Pen – Das Urteil, auf das Frankreich gewartet hat share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...share.deutschlandradio.deMarine Le Pen - Das Urteil, auf das Frankreich gewartet hat2 Jahre Haft auf Bewährung, ein Jahr Fußfesseln - was bedeutet das Urteil gegen Le Pen für die Präsidentschaftswahl? Und: Der Fall Balogun bei der Fußball-WM. 073
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This summer’s EU–UK summit is a chance to move towards flexible cooperation in areas where European security, resilience, & scale require closer coordination, write @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social, @dschwarzer.bsky.social, Fabian Zuleeg, & Jannike Wachowiak. Read more: bst-europe.eu/europe-in-th...bst-europe.euReframing the Reset: From Post-Brexit Stabilisation to Strategic PartnershipDespite significant progress in key areas of EU-UK cooperation, the relationship is far from being substantively reset, leaving a growing strategic gap at its core. The rapidly changing geopolitical e... 011
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerJoerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Das Schlimmste an unserer virtuellen „Regierungskrise“ ist für mich, dass die Regierenden (schließe Gewerkschaften und Arbeitgeberverbände mit ein) offenbar NICHT verstanden haben, dass sie einen gemeinsamen Feind haben, der die liberale Demokratie in diesem Land zerstören will. 710320
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerStephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Schrodinger’s foreign policy: the Trump administration says the US is simultaneously at war/not at war with Iran, Iran is a mortal threat/utterly vanquished, and the Strait of Hormuz is both open and closed. Got it? 0187
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Our latest newsletter by @dschwarzer.bsky.social is out now with info on: 🗳️What Hungary's election means for the EU 🤝How the EU Can Deliver in MENA 🌍Global Europe in the next EU budget And much more! Read it here: www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/bst-europ... 032
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide. 15555132217
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerStephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Personally, I’d rather have the world’s best solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles. 0224
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerNils Minkmar @nminkmar.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Der @cem_oezdemir legt bei seiner Rede heute erneut ein Niveau an den Tag, das man in der deutschen Politik lange vermisst hat. 427725
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Jetzt geht’s los - hier der live stream : Europas Trümpfe: Warum wir mehr Verhandlungsmacht haben, als wir denken. youtube.com/live/T8EIxfE...youtube.comSL & MSC | Europas versteckte TRÜMPfe: Warum wir mehr Verhandlungsmacht haben als wir denkenYouTube video by SALON LUITPOLD u.a. im Cafe Luitpold 031
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Impressive. Over and over again. #maiasandu 030
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026It's been a busy January! Read our latest newsletter with recap of the last couple of weeks by @dschwarzer.bsky.social, along with highlights from our experts on topics including: 🚀Space economy 🌡️ETS2 carbon pricing 🏭Industrial accelerator act and more ➡️ www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/bst-europ... 021
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Meine Nachlese mit Marietta Slomka und Elmar Theveßen zu einer intensiven Davos-Woche: #Grönland, #Ukraine, "Friedensrat", Inneramerikanisches - was von den jüngsten internationalen Entwicklungen wichtig ist und bleibt. Hier im @heutejournal.bsky.social podcast www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...zdfheute.deheute journal - der Podcast: Trump allmächtig? Drohungen, Deals, DavosTrump will Grönland. Nun zeigt er sich gesprächsbereit gegenüber Europa, Androhungen von Zöllen und eines US-Militärseinsatzes sind erstmal vom Tisch. 051
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Quite the week for German foreign policy with Chancellor Merz in India and the foreign and finance ministers in Washinton DC. Here is my analysis on 🇩🇪🇪🇺 - 🇮🇳, European options on Greenland, 🇺🇦 and more. Thanks @tvpworld.bsky.social for this in-depth conversation. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymRo...m.youtube.comDaniela Schwarzer on Europe’s Global StrategyYouTube video by TALKING WITH TVP WORLD 000
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Germany’s foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, has announced a major reform of his ministry to become effective in summer of 2026. As the NSC is built, the MFA refocuses. Wadephul has emphasised three foreign policy goals: protecting Germany’s security, freedom, and prosperity. 1/ 122
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025It was an honour to moderate this meeting with President Macron, Chancellor Merz, Commission VP Virkkunen and leading tech CEOs to discuss how to concretely advance European digital sovereignty. Impressive success stories, a strong sense of urgency and compelling suggestions for change. 160
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerArmida van Rij @armida.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Great to contribute to this weeks TTP. I make the point France's political permacrisis is bad news for European rearmament efforts. I'm in excellent company too @georginaewright.bsky.social @dschwarzer.bsky.social. 066
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 16/10/2025🌍Geoeconomic Interconnectivity Index (GEOII) How connected is Europe to its neighbourhood, and how about the US, China & Russia? Explore the GEOII here: geoii.eu/start And read @dschwarzer.bsky.social's piece on how Europe must wield its economic weight here: www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kolu...geoii.euThe Geoeconomic Interconnectivity IndexGeoeconomic Interconnectivity Index analyzes evolving trade/investment ties between EU, US, China, Russia 2010-2023 #geoeconomics 111
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerFinn Heinrich @finnheinrich.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Die Modernisierungsagenda macht auch vor dem Parlament nicht halt. Das war die positiv-stimmende Einsicht des sehr spannenden Abends zum Thema "Von Aussteigern lernen: Welche Veränderungen braucht der Bundestag". u.a. mit Julia Klöckner, Philipp Amthor, @dschwarzer.bsky.social 1/3 141
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 16/10/2025On France’s Political Crisis @dschwarzer.bsky.social contributes to @carnegieeurope.bsky.social "Taking the Pulse", writing how turmoil in Paris undermines Europe’s geopolitical hand from defence unity to fiscal credibility. carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...carnegieendowment.orgTaking the Pulse: Does France's Political Crisis Weaken Europe's Geopolitical Hand?While the EU tries to navigate a myriad international challenges, France is experiencing historic political disarray. What impact will instability in Paris have on Europe's geostrategic capacity? 131
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Yes, I think it does. Click below to read our views. Thanks @rmomtaz.bsky.social ! 010
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Thank you, @yoerialbrecht.bsky.social for showing this truely thought provoking documentary at @debalie.bsky.social - and for hosting Samuel George, our award-winning documentary director for a discussion. Really proud to see our BFNA documentaries travel Europe!@bfnadocs.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerMalte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Zusammen mit dem Monitoring-Bericht zur Energiewende hat Katherina Reiche in der letzten Woche einen Zehn-Punkte-Plan vorgestellt. Dieser weist sprachlich wie inhaltlich große Ähnlichkeiten zu einem Papier von RWE und Eon aus dem Frühjahr auf. Ein längerer Thread mit Links und Beispielen. (1/19) 11226451308
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerNoah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2025“We need to be clear with ourselves that we have entered a phase where we are probably in a real systemic conflict with the United States” - @dschwarzer.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/d...podcasts.apple.comEuropa als Spielball: Wie kann der Kontinent zwischen USA, China und Russland bestehen?Podcast Episode · Das Politikteil · 19/09/2025 · 56m 0111
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerChristian Mölling @cemoll.bsky.social · 07/09/2025EDINA IV is complete: 25 chapters, 25 national views 🇪🇺 From Norway to Sweden, Lithuania to Germany — Europe’s defence cannot afford to lag. 👉 edina-defence.org/edina04 1125
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Our Europe newsletter is out today! @dschwarzer.bsky.social shares her thoughts on current events and our colleagues' latest work. Read it here➡️ www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/bst-europ... Want to see it in your inbox next time? Subscribe via the homepage of our website ➡️ bst-europe.eu 033
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Very much looking forward to our debate on Wednesday! 011
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerValentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Michael Leigh, EU Enlargement: Exporting Stability or Importing Instability? @stevenblockmans.bsky.social, Gradual EU integration: limits to an à la carte approach @dschwarzer.bsky.social, Enlargement will only succeed if the EU embraces more flexibility 2/4 112
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerFinn Heinrich @finnheinrich.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Foreign policy begins at home - and I would add: also boomerangs back home! Europe has not even begun to grapple with the consequences of an increasingly personalist-authoritarian US government for the fate of its democracies at home. #policyincoherence #democracy @dschwarzer.bsky.socialmedia.tenor.coma cartoon drawing of a person holding a yellow objectALT: a cartoon drawing of a person holding a yellow object 041
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Right now at Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence, one of Europe’s key economic forums 💥 #Frauenpower 👉 How do we restore faith in facts & institutions — and shape a more peaceful society? 💬 Listen to the debate with @dschwarzer.bsky.social www.lesrencontreseconomiques.fr/en/#watch=am...lesrencontreseconomiques.frHomeEurope's biggest economic and social event, open to all. Join the debate with 400 speakers and more than 70 conferences. 031
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerStiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 26/06/2025Außen- & Sicherheitspolitik in einer Welt der Unordnung: Es geht darum, von einer reaktiven Krisenverwaltung zu einer strategischen Zukunftsgestaltung zu kommen, schreiben Stefan Mair, @dschwarzer.bsky.social & Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff @tagesspiegel.de (paywall): www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/sich...tagesspiegel.deSicherheitspolitik mit Strategie: Deutschland braucht eine Nationale RisikoanalyseIn diesen unruhigen Zeiten muss Deutschland weg von reaktiver Krisenverwaltung hin zu strategischer Zukunftsgestaltung. Nötig ist eine systematische Ermittlung der Bedrohungen für unser Land. 041
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty. 21485541217612
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerGvantsa Samkharadze @gvantsasamkh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🇬🇪🇪🇺 Happy #Europe Day! The people of Georgia are fighting every day to stay on the path to Europe - with courage, unity, and determination. #EuropeDay2025 #GeorgiaProtests 323340
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Very, very sad that Joe Nye passed away. I was lucky to exchange with him only four weeks ago. A very rich conversation on US power as always - and not without humour despite his dire analysis. He will be dearly missed. A great scholar and a wonderful person. RIP Joe. 010
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerPaul Maurice @paul-maurice.bsky.social · 03/05/2025📻 Ce matin j’ai eu le plaisir d’être invité par Christine Ockrent au micro de l’émission « Affaires étrangères » sur @franceculture.fr pour discuter aux côtés de @dschwarzer.bsky.social, M. Krpata et M. Baloge des enjeux 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺 de l’élection de Friedrich #Merz 🎧👇 www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...radiofrance.frAllemagne : un nouvel élanFriedrich Merz sera élu chancelier le 6 mai prochain en Allemagne. Son investiture marque-elle un nouvel élan pour l'Europe ? Quelles seront désormais les relations entre Berlin et Washington ? 062
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Join @dschwarzer.bsky.social to discuss the future of #EU enlargement and the prospects for #Ukraine's membership. 🗓️ April 9, 3:30-5:00pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/... @bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social @kaijaschilde.bsky.social @cmikulaschek.bsky.social 023
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerWSI Düsseldorf @wsiinstitut.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Die neuen WSI-Mitteilungen: mit einem Kommentar von @dschwarzer.bsky.social zu europäischer #Sicherheit sowie Beiträgen u.a. zu #Dekarbonisierung, #Transformation, #Fachkräftemangel in der #Pflege und Berichten zu #Mindestlohn und #Tarifpolitik ➡️ jetzt online www.wsi.de/de/wsi-mitte... 001
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerPaul Adamson @padamson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Wide-ranging and thoughtful conversation with @dschwarzer.bsky.social Germany and the Defence of Europe | Encompass Podcasts url:https://encompass-europe.com/podcasts/germany-and-the-defence-of-europe 011
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerJacques Delors Institute @delorsinstitute.bsky.social · 27/03/2025💻 #Replay "The EU is an essential entity, but given the new security, economic & democratic challenges, cooperation needs to be organise also with evolving non-EU states." Watch again our last #Euroquestions with @dschwarzer.bsky.social Full replay 👇youtube.comEuroquestions #94 | The EU in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape – Adapting and RespondingYouTube video by Jacques Delors Institute 033
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Given the growing and strategic importance of space, Europeans should invite the best talents over to Europe now - from NASA and the US scientific community working on space www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadlineTop advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort. 43914
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerLucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Good outcome at the #EuCo on EU fiscal rules: National escape clause is branded as „immediate measure“ but the Commission is asked to explore further options (read: opening the rules). The insight seems to have kicked in that a prolonged use of the escape clause is probably not a good idea.consilium.europa.euEuropean Council conclusions on European defence, 6 March 2025On 6 March, the European Council adopted conclusions on European defence. 06120
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerProject Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 27/02/2025There can no longer be any doubt that Europe’s leaders need to bolster the continent’s defense capacity – and fast. In a new PS Big Picture, @plegrain.bsky.social , @dschwarzer.bsky.social, and others explain what this demands. (bit.ly/3DbsFPd) 073
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This statement is essential for any European assumptions about US democracy, transatlantic relations, Europe, Ukraine. 070
Reposted by Daniela SchwarzerBSt Europe @bst-europe.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Now is the time to reset relations between the EU and UK. Why a reliable alliance can be so valuable… Read the article by @dschwarzer.bsky.social 👇 053
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025After Keir Starmer‘s stint to the informal EU summit earlier this week, here are three ideas how to rebuild the UK-EU relationship at a time of geopolitical unrest. 000
Daniela Schwarzer @dschwarzer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Very timely launch of a new ECFR podcast! Thanks for having me for a discussion of what Germany needs to prepare for with Donald Trump back in office. 073
