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The EU needs a more robust economy and a more effective decision-making process to withstand geopolitical and geo-economic competition from the US and China, experts say. But according to a study by the Centre for European Policy Network (cep), this does not require changes to the EU treaties.

The EU is at risk of falling behind in core innovative sectors such as automotive, pharmaceuticals and aerospace. Not enough progress is being made in future technologies such as AI. The Centre for European Policy Network (cep) presents its ideas for an economic overhaul of Europe.

In der gemeinsamen Veranstaltungsreihe von Europäischer Bewegung Deutschland e.V. (EBD) und Table.Briefings im Vorfeld der Europawahl 2024 wollen wir mit den Spitzenvertretern und Spitzenvertreterinnen vieler Parteien gemeinsam mit Expertinnen und Experten in den Dialog treten. 

On April 25, President Emmanuel Macron delivered his second Sorbonne speech, following on from the one he gave on September 26, 2017. Longer, richer in concrete proposals, and deploying maximum ambition for the European Union, commentators hesitate to qualify his target: is it his party's potential voters for the upcoming European elections, the European Parliament, or is it above all his European partners? We would argue here that, while the speech obviously has electoral repercussions, particularly given its high content of proposals, it is above all a speech designed to challenge the Member States, as was already the case in 2017.

The EU is in rough waters between the USA, China and the global South. Added to this is the war in Ukraine. In an eight-part series, cep looks at the challenges for the period after the European elections.

The EU faces fateful years. In an eight-part series of articles, the Centres for European Policy Network (cep) aims to draw attention to the pressing issues and developments that will have a decisive impact on the EU beyond the day-to-day political and regulatory matters in the run-up to the important and trend-setting European elections on 9 June.

Italy recently held regional elections that could have a major impact on European politics as a whole. The elections in Sardinia and Abruzzo have confirmed the strength of the Italian centre-right coalition. However, the right is in a difficult position as it maintains a blatant ambivalence between the anti-European, pro-Trump and pro-Putin positions of Matteo Salvini's Lega and the increasingly pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine positions of Prime Minister Meloni in recent times.

Times are getting increasingly difficult for European security. Russia is becoming more and more aggressive on the Ukrainian front and elsewhere – including cyberspace with disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks. The US is unable to vote for more Ukrainian military aid, although it has been providing most of it in recent years.

Italy is set to become the European hub for energy supplies from Africa in the coming years. To this end, the Meloni government has drawn up an ambitious plan for a strategic partnership with the African continent. Eleonora Poli from Centro Politiche Europee | Roma (cep) has examined the "Piano Mattei" and sees it as an opportunity to promote economic development in Africa.