In the context of the cultural programme accompanying the German Presidency of the Council of the EU 2020, the Goethe-Institut will create public interactive installations to commemorate Europe’s…
which around 6,000 wooden blocks inscribed with original and translated quotes have
The Informal Meetings of EU Foreign Ministers held every six months, also known as the Gymnich meetings, look back on a long tradition. The first meeting of this kind took place at Schloss Gymnich in…
The Foreign Ministers of the EU member states have an opportunity here to engage
What are the origins of Europe’s internal market and which reforms are planned? Our series “Looking back, looking ahead” seeks to answer these questions on the occasion of the Informal Videoconference of EU ministers responsible for competitiveness on 23 October, 2020.
in 2015, GDP per capita was 1.7% higher on average, across the EU, than it would have
As one of the founding members of the EU, Germany has been promoting European integration for more than six decades. Here are some facts about a country at the heart of Europe, from its political system to its culture, economy and history.
German artist, Gunter Demnig, designed these brass-plated “Stolpersteine”, which have
Who does what in Brussels? What role does the European Parliament play, what is the European Commission responsible for? What is the difference between the European Council and the Council of the EU? The EU from Germany’s perspective, in 100 seconds.
also explains how laws are made and which competences the respective institutions have
On 2 December, EU health ministers met via videoconference under the auspices of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. German Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn chaired the meeting.
Under Germany’s Presidency of the Council we have strengthened Europe’s resilience
The artist Carsten Sander photographed 1000 faces of Europeans for the cultural programme of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. At the Festival of Lights in Berlin, some of them could be seen as large video art projections with live music on the façade of the Federal Foreign Office.
What do the people of Europe have in common, and what differences exist?
On 10 December 2012, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of over 60 years of peace, reconciliation and democracy. But what does the award mean for today’s generations? The Dutch historian Luuk van Middelaar explains.
That’s why we tried, with the Chancellor, to have as many EU leaders as possible
On 11 and 12 September 2020, EU finance and economics ministers met in Berlin under the German Presidency of the Council of the EU. The informal exchange was chaired by German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz.
Krastev explained that Europeans expect the EU to be able to provide answers and to have
The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Peter Altmaier, held talks in Brussels today, 10 July, with several Members of the European Commission on the medium-term and long-term challenges for the EU.
which are the focus of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, have
