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In Verhandlungen über ein "Friedensabkommen" für die Ukraine irritiert US-Präsident Trump: Wenn es nach ihm geht, bleibt die ukrainische Halbinsel Krim bei Russland. Kiew lehnt das entschieden ab. Welche EU-Politik ist in diesen "irrationalen" Zeiten möglich? Fragen an Jean Asselborn, ehem. Außenminister Luxemburgs; Rom: Abschied von Papst Franziskus; "Denk' ich an Europa" mit Almut Möller, Direktorin beim Thinktank European Policy Center; Mod.: Judith Schulte-Loh. Von WDR 5.
In this episode of the Social Europe Podcast, Henning Meyer and Almut Möller discuss the evolving landscape of European foreign and security policy as we enter 2025. They discuss the concept of strategic autonomy, the challenges posed by external threats such as Russia's aggression, and the internal divisions among EU member states. The conversation highlights the urgent need for a unified approach to security and defence, the impact of populism and external actors like Elon Musk, and the importance of collaboration with allies, particularly the UK. Both speakers emphasise the necessity for the EU to adapt its policies and strategies to ensure its future viability and effectiveness in a rapidly changing global environment.This podcast episode is part of the Social Europe - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Projekt "EU Forward: Shaping European Policy in the second half of the 2020s".
Heute spricht die Staatsrätin und Bevollmächtigte der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Almut Möller, über das Bürgerfest zum Tag der deutschen Einheit und ihre Aufgaben als Staatsrätin. Unser Partner in dieser Woche ist Asklepios. Foto: Daniel Reinhardt / Senatskanzlei Hamburg
Yet another government crisis has been avoided in Berlin — for now! This week Damien McGuinness and Michaela Küfner are joined by ECFR's Almut Möller and Yahoo News' Jill Petzinger, and they see what the surprise resignation of the Social Democrats' party leader means for Chancellor Angela Merkel's "grand coalition." Not that there's much grand about it these days!
What is the status of leadership in the EU today? What role is Germany and the German-French axis playing? And is there room for Europe to take on leadership at a global scale in times when the US leadership is scaled down? Almut Möller, Head of the Berlin office of the European Council of Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Senior Policy Fellow, takes us through the complexities of these issues. Discussant: Björn Fägersten, Head of the Europe programme at UI. Moderator: Ylva Pettersson, program manager with the UI Europe programme The seminar was part of a series co-organized with the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS). The Q&A with the audience is included. Photo: SIEPS
Anthony Dworkin steps in for Mark Leonard and speaks with Almut Möller, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Tom Nuttall about how significant the new treaty of friendship between France and Germany is. The podcast was recorded on the 17 January 2019. Bookshelf: Iron Kingdom by Christopher Clark https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/261/26185/iron-kingdom/9780140293340.html Wir sind ja nicht zum Spaß hier: Reportagen, Satiren und andere Gebrauchstexte by Deniz Yügel https://www.amazon.de/sind-nicht-Spa%C3%9F-hier-Gebrauchstexte/dp/3960540736 La Faiblesse du vrai: Ce que la post-vérité fait à notre monde commun by Myriam Revault d'Allonnes http://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/la-faiblesse-du-vrai-myriam-revault-d-allonnes/9782021383041 Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/103/1037630/sabbath-s-theater/9780099582014.html Warnings From Versailles: The Lessons of 1919, a Hundred Years On By Margaret MacMillan https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/2019-01-08/warnings-versailles Picture credit: Official portrait and opening ceremony Emmanuel Macron (President of France) and Angela Merkel (Federal Chancellor of Germany) by NATO via https://www.flickr.com/photos/nato/43344877991, CC-by-NC-ND 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
ECFR’s EU28 Survey reveals the interactions, perceptions, and chemistry between the 28 EU member states. This week, Mark Leonard joins Josef Janning, Christoph Klavehn and Almut Möller to discuss findings of the expert poll that will be published in the “EU Coalition Explorer” on Thursday, 30 October 2018. Bookshelf - EU Coalition Explorer https://www.ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer (Stay tuned for the new edition on 30 October) - Country analyses with data from the EU28 Survey by Josef Janning and Almut Möller https://www.ecfr.eu/europeanpower/rethink - Poems by Tomáš Kafka https://www.zeitzug.com/autoren/tomas-kafka.html - 1815 Waterloo by Thierry Lentz https://www.amazon.fr/Waterloo-1815-Thierry-Lentz/dp/2262039402 The podcast was recorded on 25 October.
Turkey's President Erdogan is in town and Germany is quite literally rolling out the red carpet. So will Merkel and Erdogan kiss and make up? Or will things turn nasty over nibbles at the state banquet? Join Stammtisch hosts Damien McGuinness and Michaela Küfner for all this and more political shenanigans in Berlin with guests "Die Welt" Foreign Editor Daniel-Dylan Böhmer and ECFR's Almut Möller.
Mark Leonard examines the looming Syrian-Russian military action in Idlib in discussion with ECFR experts Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Almut Möller. What do Turks and Europeans make of the possible humanitarian and geopolitical consequences? Bookshelf - Judith Kerr: The tiger who came to tea https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Who-Came-Tea/dp/0007215991 - David D. Kirkpatrick: Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East https://www.amazon.com/Into-Hands-Soldiers-Freedom-Middle/dp/073522062X - Louis Menand: Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History https://www.amazon.com/Into-Hands-Soldiers-Freedom-Middle/dp/073522062X - Michiko Kakutani: The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump https://www.amazon.com/Death-Truth-Notes-Falsehood-Trump/dp/0525574824 The podcast was recorded on 12 September. Picture credit: Qasioun News Agency via Wikicommons (cropped)CC BY 3.0
Slap on the sunblock, Stammtisch is bringing the British seaside to Berlin as we talk all things Brexit. So, what does Germany have to do with the whole thing anyway? Quite a lot, as it turns out… This week, podcast hosts Damien McGuinness and The Economist's Jeremy Cliffe are joined by guests Jill Petzinger (Quartz) and Almut Möller (ECFR) with your weekly fill of political gossip from Berlin.
Mark Leonard speaks with Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Almut Möller and Vessela Tcherneva, about what has changed in French foreign policy with Macron one year in office as French president. Picture credit: Emmanuel Macron (3).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmanuel_Macron_(3).jpg by Gouvernement français [CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's offices in Paris, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, and Berlin, Almut Möller, about President Macron’s newly appointed government, his proposals for the Eurozone and the EU and the future of the Franco-German relation. The podcast was recorded on 17th May 2017 in Berlin. Bookshelf: Andre Wilkens, Der diskrete Charme der Bürokratie: Gute Nachrichten aus Europa Antoine Garapon & Michel Rosenfeld, Démocraties sous stress - Les défis du terrorisme global L'imaginaire historique d'Emmanuel Macron, a France Culture podcast available here: https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-fabrique-de-lhistoire/limaginaire-historique-demmanuel-macron Picture: Facebook/ Emmanuel Macron
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius, and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning, about Merkel's candidacy for her fourth term as German Chancellor. The podcast was recorded on 23 November 2016. Bookshelf: Angela Merkel - The Chancellor and her World by Stefan Kornelius The Passage to Europe by Luuk van Middelaar Terror overseas: understanding China’s evolving counter-terror strategy by Mathieu Duchâtel New World Disorder - Old problems - Realist answers by Carlo Masala Picture: Flickr / EPP
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Almut Möller, head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and François Godement, director of the Asia and China programme, about the recent blocking of the trade deal between Canada and the EU by the Belgian Walloons, and what this means for Europe’s governability. Bookshelf: Dies sind die Namen by Tommy Wieringa Les tueurs de la Republique: Assassinats et operations speciales des services secrets by Vincent Nouzille The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark Lilla Why less Europe is no Europe - comparing the fates of CETA and MES by Francois Godement Picture: Flickr/147558657@N06
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with heads of office Almut Möller and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about political debates in France and Germany. What directions are the two countries heading as they approach next year's elections? The podcast was recorded on 7 September 2016. Bookshelf: Der taumelnde Kontinent by Philipp Blom New European counter-terror wars by Anthony Dworkin View from Berlin: The EU’s musical chairs by Josef Janning Picture: Flickr/Martin Schulz
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Piotr Buras, Head of the ECFR office in Warsaw, and Almut Möller, co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, about what the main concerns for policymakers in Poland and Germany are. The podcast was recorded in Warsaw on 3 June 2016 and in London/Berlin on 9 June 2016. Bookshelf: Die zerrissenen Jahre by Philipp Blom Day in Day out by Terézia Mora The Inventory by Gila Lustiger Deutschland 83 Britain in Europe Monitor Picture: Flickr/Descrier
Die Europäische Union ist ein komplexes Unterfangen und leidet in der seiner Effizienz am notwendigen Konsens mit der Politik und Kultur der Mitgliedsländer. Doch dort liegt auch die Stärke des Bündnisses, das sich in einem jahrzehntelangen Anpassungsprozess politische Strukturen erarbeitet hat, für die es in der Welt sonst kein Gleichnis gibt. Und langsam verlagern sich Aufgaben und Pflichten in die EU die lange Zeit als nationale Eigenschaft galten. In der dritten Ausgabe unserer Sendereihe treffen wir auf Almut Möller, Programmleiterin des Alfred von Oppenheim-Zentrum für Europäische Zukunftsfragen bei der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP). Mit ihr sprechen wir über das Wesen der Europäischen Debatte, die Struktur der Europäischen Union und dem Machtverhältnis seiner Institutionen, dem "Glauben an Europa", der wachsenden Bedeutung des europäischen Themas in der Politik und die Ziele der Union in den nächsten Jahrzehnten – ein aufschlussreiches und reichhaltiges Gespräch über das Projekt EU.