New foreign policy challenges are putting the EU to a test. The glory of the Nobel Peace Price from 2012 seems to be fading, while the Union faces new geopolitical realities. Committed to a multilateral global order, the EU sees its mission in promoting dialogue, diplomacy and development to ensure security and stability in different contexts of crises and conflict. Not relying alone on its soft power, and following a "principled pragmatism," it has made the creation of a more independent security and defense policy one of its core tasks.
Through its formats, the FES EU Office works to ensure that the Common European Defense policy remains part of a value-driven and peace-oriented foreign and security policy and that the EU continues to advocate a multilateral order, especially against the backdrop of geopolitical power struggles and weakened international regimes.
The Annual Brussels Security Talks are back! In this context, we will hold a panel discussion on 29 November at the Hotel Renaissance.
On 8 November, we will host a panel discussion which addresses various questions concerning the future of European Defence. It will focus on the…
On 26 October, FES-President Martin Schulz officially launched our two Competence Centres FES Just Climate & FES Future of Work in our core EU Office…
The offices of the EKD and FES in Brussels are delighted to invite you to the presentation of the Peace Report 2022 on 24 October.
As part of the project "Euro-Atlantic Triangle" in partnership with CEPS, we are pleased to invite you to this in-person conference.
Putin’s war against Ukraine also affected EU’s enlargement policy. FES colleagues Eva Ellereit and Stine Klapper call for a restart of the European…
How do Ukraine and Russia perceive the EU's role in the war in Ukraine? What are the consequences of the war for the EU? And what is the Union's role?…
09.11.2021, Public Panel, 18:15–19:30 (CET) | 13:15–14:30 (EDT)
Report by by Erwin van Veen and Beatrice Noun
September 2021
07.10.2021, 11h - 12h30, online Book Launch / Panel Discussion
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