Connecting Europe

In 2017, the EPC launched the programme “Connecting Europe”, a joint initiative of EPC and Stiftung Mercator. Connecting Europe enables projects and organisations supported by Stiftung Mercator to actively engage with EU policymakers in Brussels. The programme focuses on joint activities on the future of Europe, democracy, youth, climate, migration and other key issues. By conducting those activities, Connecting Europe fosters an open, constructive dialogue between member states and decision-makers in Brussels. It promotes sustainable exchanges between civil society initiatives on the ground and the policy community in Brussels. The project aims to enhance mutual understanding between EU countries and to positively contribute to the cohesion of the European project.

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TOPICS

Publications

Franco-German relations / COMMENTARY
Rebooting Franco-German cooperation
By - 13/01/2020

Active citizenship / PUBLICATION
Six bits of advice for crafting your “impact stories” for policy conversations
By Julian Rappold - 26/03/2019

Citizen participation / PUBLICATION
ADVOCATING EUROPE: Inspiring the EU bubble with impact stories from civil society
By Julian Rappold - 21/02/2019

Germany / COMMENTARY
Germany's comeback: Worth the wait?
By Julian Rappold - 26/03/2018

Contributions

Social cohesion / PUBLICATION
Trying Times - Rethinking Social Cohesion
Societies everywhere are faced with profound changes. The megatrends of globalization, digitalization and demographic change are affecting many areas of life and pose several challenges to social cohesion: What is the fate of solidarity in a globalized economy? How do algorithms and social media influence how we live together? How can we shape the future of coexistence in an increasingly diverse society? Addressing these and other issues, the study provides a set of focus questions at the end of each chapter that are designed to promote public debate on how to shape cohesion as we move forward.

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04 September 2019 - , Deutschland
Bertelsmann Stiftung Gütersloh

European elections / PUBLICATION
The European Election 2019: A Comparative Outlook at the European Election Campaigns in France, Germany and Poland
The discussion paper takes a closer look at the European Election Campaigns 2019 in France, Germany and Poland and analyses whether they favoured the emergence of a Europeanised public sphere.

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17 July 2019 - , Deutschland
Das Progressive Zentrum

EVENTS

Workshop

Tuesday 29 October 2019

When mayors make migration policy: From field research to policy recommendations

Policy Dialogue

Thursday 20 June 2019

Ensuring equal access to digital skills for young people: learning from the grassroots

Climate

Wednesday 20 March 2019

The future of Europe: what role for climate and energy policy in a reformed EU?

Migration

Wednesday 06 February 2019

Cause or trigger? - The link between migration and populism

Projects

Life-course transition
/ PROJECT
Beyond ’91 – Portrait of the Post-Perestroika Generation

Rule of law / PODCAST

Rule of law: Can't we all just get along?
Rule-of-law concerns have been plaguing the Union for the better part of the last decade, and don’t appear to be going anywhere. At a recent EPC Policy Dialogue, organised as part of our Connecting Europe project and in cooperation with Democracy Reporting International, European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová spoke about the current state of rule-law-proceedings and elaborated on the new Commission’s plans to counter democratic backsliding in the member states.
With Rebecca Castermans