Winter 2022 Issue: The Quest for European Sovereignty

Editorial

Henning Hoff

The Quest for European Sovereignty

With Olaf Scholz in the chancellery, Emmanuel Macron finally has a partner in moving Europe forward.

What Europe Thinks ...

Ralf Hexel

What Europe Thinks ... About European Sovereignty

A clear majority of Europeans are in favor of an EU that is sovereign and capable of acting.

Cover Section

Daniel Fiott

The Pathway to a Sovereign Europe

In an increasingly competitive world the concept of European sovereignty has gained in currency.

Nils Schmid

Op-Ed: The Case for a Sovereign Europe

The EU needs to improve its capacity to act. The new German government is ready to play its part, says the SPD's foreign affairs spokesperson.

Rachel Rizzo

A Sovereign Europe ... and the United States

A more capable Europe will result in the US finally viewing it as an equal partner.

Stefan Meister

A Sovereign Europe ... and Russia

There are a number of steps that EU member states can and should take to forge a united front vis-à-vis Moscow..

Tim Rühlig

A Sovereign Europe ... and China

Reducing strategic dependencies vis-à-vis Beijing, especially in the realm of technology, is easier said than conceptualized, let alone put in practice.

Christoph Heusgen

“It’s Presumptuous to Talk about European Sovereignty”

The EU should aim for confident realism, says Christoph Heusgen, who will take over the leadership of the Munich Security Conference at the close of this year’s MSC in February.

Sophia Becker

Torben Schütz

Time for Hard Choices on Defense

EU member states are desperately clinging to their national sovereignty—but that’s the wrong approach.

Berlin Cable

Henning Hoff

A Chance to Shine

The new German government has made an energetic start in foreign affairs.

Pariscope

Joseph de Weck

Frexit Definitely Off the Menu in Presidential Race

Unlike 2017, the upcoming election won’t be about whether France should remain in the EU. But it might turn into a debate about what France should do within it.

Carbon Critical

Noah J. Gordon

Will the Traffic Light Turn Green?

Intra-coalition infighting, questions about EU policy, a mismatch between targets and policies—no sector better represents the climate challenges facing Germany’s government than transport.

Essay

Edmund Fawcett

Conservatism in the Age of Rage

Traditional center-right conservatism dominated Western politics for much of the post-war period. However, increasingly divided, it now faces new rivals on the hard right.

The Wider View

John Kampfner

Modernizing German Foreign Policy

Will the rhetoric translate into a new and more courageous approach to foreign policy?

Quarterly Concerns

Ani Horvath

Hungary in the Spotlight

The opposition in Hungary had seemed to be losing momentum, but a recent corruption scandal has damaged the ruling Fidesz party.