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Think Digital!

Taking stock of simplification in EU digital policy

The European Offices of Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and ZVEI, German Electro and Digital Industry Association, are delighted to invite you to the next edition of Think Digital!. Europe’s digital policy landscape has undergone a rapid transformation in recent years, with sweeping regulations on privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, and artificial intelligence. Yet despite these efforts, the digital rulebook remains fragmented and incoherent. The goal is clear: Europe must become sovereign, secure and competitive in the digital sphere. Hosting a high-level panel, we would like to take stock of 2025 as a year of a shift towards simplification in EU policy. Are these efforts enough to meet the challenge of making Europe’s digital policy competition – and innovation friendly?

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Securing Ukraine, securing Europe

Energy security and defense reforms as pillars of European integration

This closed-door expert breakfast roundtable will therefore explore how energy security and defence reforms together shape Ukraine’s resilience and EU trajectory. How can Ukraine and its partners better protect critical infrastructure from Russian attacks? What lessons can the EU learn from Ukraine’s defence efforts? And what progress still needs to be made to align Ukrainian and European defence and energy governance?

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The Morning After – The Netherlands have voted

Election analysis

The Europe Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is delighted to invite you to the next session of our event series, "The Morning After". In this online discussion format, we monitor parliamentary and presidential elections across Europe and discuss the results with a KAS colleague or external expert in the respective country or region. In doing so, we also assess the implications that the election results could have for the European Union. This session will focus on the Netherlands, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for 29 October 2025.

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Strengthening Resilience: NSATU’s Commitment to Ukraine

Dinner Discussion with Major General Maik Keller

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The Morning After – The Czech Republic has voted

Election analysis

The Europe Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is delighted to invite you to the next session of our event series, "The Morning After". In this online discussion format, we monitor parliamentary and presidential elections across Europe and discuss the results with a KAS colleague in the respective country or region. In doing so, we also assess the implications that the election results could have for the country’s relationship with the European Union. This session will focus on the Czech Republic, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for 3 and 4 October 2025.

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Der Morgen danach – Moldau hat gewählt

Wahlanalyse

The Europe Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is delighted to invite you to the next session of our event series, "The Morning After". In this online discussion format, we monitor parliamentary and presidential elections across Europe and discuss the results with a KAS colleague in the respective country or region. In doing so, we also assess the implications that the election results could have for the country’s relationship with the European Union. This session will focus on Moldova, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for 28 September 2025.

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Kohäsionspolitik im Wandel

Europarechtliche Perspektiven

Anlässlich des Besuchs des Arbeitskreises Verfassung, Recht, Europa der sächsischen CDULandtagsfraktion, lädt das KAS Europabüro zu einer Abenddebatte zum Thema „Kohäsionspolitik im Wandel– Europarechtliche Perspektiven“ mit besonderem Blick auf den neuen Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen (MFR) ein.

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The Future of EU-Turkey Migration Governance

Pop-Up Seminar

Marking ten years since Europe's refugee crisis in September 2015, KAS Europe is delighted to invite you to a pop-up seminar on "The Future of EU-Turkey Migration Governance" on Tuesday, 23 September from 9:00 to 10:00 am at our office, hosting a lecture by and discussion with Professor Mehmet Gökay Özerim, Director of the Jean Monnet Excellence Centre on Diversity at Yaşar University in Izmir on Turkey’s Aegean coast, one of the focal points of the 2015 refugee crisis, in order to explore opportunities, challenges, and policy dynamics in EU-Turkey cooperation on migration today.

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The EU Space Act

Boosting European autonomy in space?

As the EU Space Act moves to the Parliament and Council for consideration, KAS Europe invites you to join us for an in-depth discussion if it this legislation is fit to boost Europe’s strategic autonomy in space.

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Der Morgen danach – Norwegen hat gewählt

Wahlanalyse

The Europe Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is delighted to invite you to the next session of our event series, "The Morning After". In this online discussion format, we monitor parliamentary and presidential elections across Europe and discuss the results with a KAS colleague in the respective country or region. In doing so, we also assess the implications that the election results could have for the country’s relationship with the European Union. This session will focus on Norway, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for 8 September 2025.

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Recap: Think Digital!

Implementing the EU AI Act

On 19 February 2025, the European Offices of Konrad Adenauer Foundation and ZVEI, the German Electro and Digital Industry Association, hosted two high-level panels on the implementation of the AI Act. Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament and shadow rapporteur of the AI Act file, accompanied the event as our patron. With this kick-off, we have revived our highly successful event series “Think Digital!” bringing together European institutions, industry and academia – to be continued.

Team Presentation

Back from the summer break

Welcome back from the summer break - and say hello to our team from the KAS European Office! 🚨

Event Report - 30 in 2030?

Launching EU Accession Negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova

In June 2024, the first intergovernmental conferences with EU candidates Ukraine and Moldova were held in Luxemburg. Even though those conferences are seen as a milestone for the enlargement process, it remains to be seen whether 2030 is realistic for both countries given the immense reforms the countries need to implement.

Event Report: The Future of the Single Market

Putting European Competitiveness back on the Agenda

European decision makers have been struggling with the question on how to boost European competitiveness. In April 2024 Enrico Letta, former Italian prime minster, published a high-level report that underlined the urgent need to deepen the European single market and to adapt to evolving technological and global economic trends. In a joint event of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung and the German Economic Institute (IW) we discussed these and other questions.

Welcome to our new director, Beatrice Gorawantschy!

🎉 Exciting news! 🎉 We are excited to announce a significant change in leadership at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Europe in Brussels! 🚀 After years of dedicated work and exceptional leadership, Dr. Hardy Ostry will be passing the baton to our new Director, Dr. Beatrice Gorawantschy! 🌟

Die deutschen Kommunen als Schlüsselfigur der europäischen Verkehrswende

Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Die deutschen Kommunen und die Europäischen Verkehrswende“ boten die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und der Deutsche Städte- und Gemeindebund die Gelegenheit zum Austausch über die Bedeutung der kommunalen Ebene für das Gelingen der Verkehrswende.

Promoting youth priorities from Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership

Last week, we had the opportunity to welcome members of EDYN in Strasbourg. Here, members had the opportunity to meet with senior officials from the European Parliament and representatives of the European People's Party to discuss the challenges facing young people in the Eastern Partnership countries, the enlargement of the EU to include the Western Balkans, the role of youth participation in EU and non-EU policies, and the need for stronger youth representation in EU policymaking and decision-making. Supporting young and aspiring politically interested people is one of the main goals of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. We are very happy to have worked with a well-organized and ambitious organization and its members. We would like to thank Rainer Wieland, Lidia Pereira, Michael Gahler and Karlo Ressler and Andrius Kubilius for having us.

Moritz Kreis

60 Years Élysée-Treaty

Perspectives and Challenges of the Franco-German Partnership

"More ambitions - less contentment", this was the demand of the chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and former president of the German Bundestag, Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, during the event "60 Years Élysée-Treaty - Perspectives and Challenges of the Franco-German Partnership", organized by the European Office of the KAS on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Élysée Treaty. The aim was to evaluate ways to strengthen the strained relations between Germany and France and to intensify their alliance, which underpins the unity of the EU.

Europa und die Zukunft der liberalen Weltordnung

Nationale, europäische und globale Perspektiven

„Was kann und sollte Europa in Kooperation mit seinen Partner tun, um die liberale Weltordnung aufrechtzuerhalten und zukunftsorientiert fortzuentwickeln?“ war die Leitfrage der zweitägigen hybriden Konferenz, die in Kooperation mit der Andrássy Universität Budapest (AUB) stattfand.

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Der NATO Gipfel in Brüssel - Geeint in ein neues Zeitalter?

Selbstvergewisserung und Neuausrichtung der transatlantischen Allianz nach schwierigen Jahren.

Die Welt ist in einem ständigen Wandel unterzogen. Die North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) als kollektives, zwischenstaatliches Verteidigungsbündnis musste im Laufe ihres 72-jährigen Bestehens auf das sich ständig ändernde geopolitische und sicherheitspolitische Umfeld reagieren. Der NATO-Gipfel in Brüssel bot die Gelegenheit, im Angesicht einer immer komplexer werdenden Weltordnung, ein neues Kapitel aufzuschlagen.