Opinion

Can a narrative lens help separate what’s real from what’s not?

Dahrendorf Post-doc Fellow Josefin Graef writes on rhetoric of authenticity, truth and identity.

Party democracy needs an update

Andrea Römmele calls on parties to pick up the politicisation of the young generation.

Can Europe adapt to the new imperialism?

A new mix of economics and nationalist foreign-policy threatens multi-lateralism, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry.

Podcast: Making Germany's energy policy more efficient and climate-friendly

Christian Flachsland talks about the ongoing carbon pricing debate on Resources Radio.

Bucharest vs. Brussels: Wrangling over the EU’s new Chief Prosecutor

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi is concerned the controversy could damage Romania’s democracy.

A lesson for adults on climate action

Kids are skipping lessons to protest because they grasp what's at stake, says Claudia Kemfert in Capital.

A Green New Deal through rose-coloured glasses?

Jean Pisani Ferry calls for realism in the greening of the economy, which won't be easy.

The changing face of protest

Klaus Hurrelmann writes in Tagesspiegel about the new generation of activists.

The EU needs a Brexit endgame

Rules and processes are no substitute for a strategic perspective, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry for Project Syndicate.

3 Questions for Klaus Hurrelmann: What motivates activist Gen Z?

Kids are skipping school to demonstrate for climate policies, but will it last?

Getting real about speed limits in Germany

Claudia Kemfert looks at the environmental science and economics of speed limits on Capital.de.

Symbolic gestures won't save Europe

New Franco-German Aachen Treaty lacks ambition, says Henrik Enderlein in WiWo.