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Jakob Lewander @lewander.bsky.social · Aug 21

The EU approaches serious transformation on a variety of key ares. At the heart of this process lies Enlargement. SIEPS has published the anthology Fit for 35 with contributions from 8 prominent experts. A must-read if your curious about the future of Europe. sieps.se/en/publicati...

Perspectives on enlargement and reform of the EU: Fit for 35

Eight leading experts discuss how to achieve peace, security and stability in Europe by enlarging the EU.

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Aug 21

No surprise, but an important inter-institutional struggle on EU defence policy-making #SAFE www.euractiv.com/section/defe...

European Parliament sues Council over €150 billion defence loan scheme - Euractiv

Eighteen EU countries have already formally expressed interest in taking out SAFE loans

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SIEPS @sieps.bsky.social · Aug 20

Russia’s war against Ukraine has transformed the security situation in Europe. One consequence is that EU enlargement is once again a top priority.

In a new SIEPS publication, leading experts discuss what it takes to achieve peace, security and stability in Europe by enlarging the EU.

Perspectives on enlargement and reform of the EU: Fit for 35

Eight leading experts discuss how to achieve peace, security and stability in Europe by enlarging the EU.

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

@chrishillion.bsky.social, Making a success of EU enlargement: three proposals

Full text @sieps.bsky.social: sieps.se/en/publicati...

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Perspectives on enlargement and reform of the EU: Fit for 35

Eight leading experts discuss how to achieve peace, security and stability in Europe by enlarging the EU.

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

@vanghel.bsky.social, Enlargement: A Strategic Imperative for Survival

@antoanetadl.bsky.social, Dilemmas of EU Enlargement: Geopolitics, Conditionality, and Citizens’ Concerns

Saskia Hollander, Ready, set, go? How to prepare EU democracy for enlargement

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

Michael Leigh, EU Enlargement: Exporting Stability or Importing Instability?

@stevenblockmans.bsky.social, Gradual EU integration: limits to an à la carte approach

@dschwarzer.bsky.social, Enlargement will only succeed if the EU embraces more flexibility

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

In the 2nd #FitFor35 volume, edited by @gvonsydow.bsky.social, @patricia-wadensjo.bsky.social and me, eight leading experts share their views on EU enlargement and reform:

@erik-jones.bsky.social, Enlargement and Institutional Reform: How to make a credible security commitment

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · May 29

Good point! An important task for VDL would be succession planning. And Article 17 TEU should be tweaked to include a term limit for the Commission President. Not sure she has either on the radar for her Aix la Chapelle speech today. But in 2034 she would still be younger than Trump or Biden.

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Ben Crum @bencrum.nl · May 28

Instructive overview of three rounds of Spitzenkandidaten by @vkreilinger.bsky.social
My view is that the 2024 experience was at most a 'glass half-full': VDL played ball but only half-heartedly and did not face serious competition
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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · May 28

It's time to look back 11 years, 6 years and 1 year #EP2014 #EP2019 #EP2024! And to think about the future of the Spitzenkandidaten procedure. My latest European Policy Analysis for @sieps.bsky.social: sieps.se/en/publicati...

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · May 28

It's time to look back 11 years, 6 years and 1 year #EP2014 #EP2019 #EP2024! And to think about the future of the Spitzenkandidaten procedure. My latest European Policy Analysis for @sieps.bsky.social: sieps.se/en/publicati...

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SIEPS @sieps.bsky.social · May 28

New publication by SIEPS senior researcher Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social:

The ‘Spitzenkandidaten saga’ 2014, 2019, 2024: Three races to become Commission President

Read the analysis and download it on SIEPS site.

The ‘Spitzenkandidaten saga’ 2014, 2019, 2024

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · May 8

Merz & Macron (BILD, 8 May 2025, p. 2).
And my take on Germany and the EU with Chancellor Merz: sieps.se/en/publicati...

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Jakob Lewander @lewander.bsky.social · Apr 25

Perfect Friday read by @vkreilinger.bsky.social to catch up the coming challenges for Germany and EU

Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Apr 25

My take @sieps.bsky.social on Germany and the EU with #Merz: Ambition meets Reality sieps.se/en/publicati...

Germany and the EU with Chancellor Merz

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SIEPS @sieps.bsky.social · Apr 25

Friedrich Merz’s high ambitions on spending and speed have already clashed with harsh realities. In a new Perspective, Political Scientist @vkreilinger.bsky.social (SIEPS) sheds light on the difficult tasks facing the soon-to-be German Chancellor.

Germany and the EU with Merz: Ambition meets Reality

Friedrich Merz’s high ambitions on spending and speed have already clashed with harsh realities.

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Apr 25

My take @sieps.bsky.social on Germany and the EU with #Merz: Ambition meets Reality sieps.se/en/publicati...

Germany and the EU with Chancellor Merz

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Mar 4

Joint proposal by CDU/CSU and SPD: All defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from the debt brake plus a new €500bn special fund for infrastructure! www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Union und SPD einigen sich auf Milliardenkredite für Verteidigung und Infrastruktur

Union und SPD haben bekannt gegeben, wie sie die großen Problembaustellen der nächsten Jahre finanzieren wollen: Um den Verteidigungsetat vergrößern zu können, soll das Grundgesetz geändert werden. Au...

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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · Mar 3

Major @sieps.bsky.social publication out today!
10 essays on ’Key Concepts for the Future of the EU’: #Leadership, #Geopolitics, #Competitiveness, #Security, #Resilience, #Demography, #Inclusion, #Democracy, #Values, #Unity.
Edited by @patricia-wadensjo.bsky.social & me.
Thread & download here! 👇

SIEPS @sieps.bsky.social · Mar 3

New SIEPS publication on ‘Key Concepts for the Future of the EU’, edited by @patricia-wadensjo.bsky.social & @bernd-parusel.bsky.social. Ten inspiring & critical essays by leading experts on how to make sense of the buzzwords that frame EU policymaking, from ‘Leadership’ to ‘Unity’. 🧵

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

BILD: top jobs with Chancellor #Merz

CDU:
Thorsten Frei: Chair of CDU/CSU group or Home Affairs or Minister in the Chancellery
Carsten Linnemann: Chair of CDU/CSU group or Economic Affairs and Labour
Julia Klöckner: Speaker/President of the Bundestag
Silvia Breher: Family
Katrin Prien: Education

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

My thoughts: SPD will certainly claim Labour and Social Affairs and get more key portfolios

Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

SPD:
Lars Klingbeil: Finance (and Vice Chancellor?)
Boris Pistorius: Defence, Home Affairs or Foreign Affairs
Bärbel Bas: Health and Social Affairs or Chair of SPD parliamentary group (after Klingbeil)

All other current SPD ministers uncertain/shaky (“wackelig”), according to BILD

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

My thought: CSU to get max three ministries, one of them a key portfolio, always claimed transport in the past

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

CSU:
Alexander Dobrindt: Home Affairs
Florian Hahn: Defence
Dorothea Bär: not clear (Digital Affairs?)
Günther Felßner: Agriculture

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

My thoughts: Did BILD forget Jens Spahn? International favourites such as Norbert Röttgen and Armin Laschet with little chances. Ralph Brinkhaus? Baden Württemberg? Andreas Jung? Environment and Climate Protection?

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 26

BILD: top jobs with Chancellor #Merz

CDU:
Thorsten Frei: Chair of CDU/CSU group or Home Affairs or Minister in the Chancellery
Carsten Linnemann: Chair of CDU/CSU group or Economic Affairs and Labour
Julia Klöckner: Speaker/President of the Bundestag
Silvia Breher: Family
Katrin Prien: Education

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 24

Hard to whip them into this