Photos: Maurice Weiss, Hannah Wilson On 28 and 29 November 2024, the Pariser Platz Dialogue took place at the Axica Convention Centre in Berlin under the theme “Preparing 2029 – A Franco-German Outlook on the European Agenda.” Now in its fifth year, the Pariser Platz Dialogue series serves as a platform for exchange, bringing together […]
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Talks to form a new government have begun in the wake of France’s parliamentary elections. The left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) claims the post of prime minister as the winner of the election and announced on Monday that it would present a candidate within a week. However, the parties in the alliance face difficult
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On 27 June 2024, the Jacques Delors Centre, in collaboration with the German Embassy in Paris, hosted the summer event of the Pariser Platz Dialogue series at Hôtel Beauharnais, the residence of the German Ambassador to France. The discussion focused on Enrico Letta’s report on the future of the single market. The discussion, approached from
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On Sunday, May 26th, the Jacques Delors Centre had the honour of meeting French President Macron at the Festival of Democracy, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the German Basic Law. Together with the Hertie School, represented by Cornelia Woll and students of Hertie’s futurEU initiative, the delegation of the Jacques Delors Centre was able to
On 30 November and 1 December 2023, we hosted our annual Pariser Platz Dialogue event, bringing together high-level decision-makers from Germany, France, and Europe for a multi-day exchange on the most pressing issues facing us today, this year under the title “De-risk and Decarbonise – Carving a common path towards a green and resilient EU”.
Emmanuel Macron’s vision of European sovereignty emphasises a stronger, more united Europe that can assert its strategic autonomy. But what form should European sovereignty take? Does it mean less global trade and more protectionism? Will all member states agree? And what is the role of EU enlargement in all this? On 20 October, Garance Pineau, Macron’s
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In 1848, revolutions in Europe created a democratizing wave across the continent, bringing citizens into the political fold to a then unprecedented degree. On 12 September 2023, Franco-German experts and politicians met in the Paulskirche, the location of the first German national assembly, to unpack the European dimension of 1848 and to discuss the relevance
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to tectonic shifts in international relations. On 9 March 2023, Jörg Kukies, Secretary of State at the German Federal Chancellery discussed the effort to tackle the challenges raised or intensified by this war of aggression with us. The event was hosted by Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs, with
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These are pivotal times – both for Franco-German relations and for Europe as a whole. We’re pleased to offer you an insight into the discussions of our Pariser Platz Dialogue, where high-level actors from France and Germany met to discuss ways to move forward on a broad range of topics within the European Union. The
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European Sovereignty in a New Era: Franco-German Perspectives On Monday, June 27th 2022, the Franco-German Dialogue annual summer event took place in a hybrid format for the first time. High-level guest speakers from the Political and Academic spheres came together to discuss the future of the European Union in the context of an energy crisis,
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