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Claire Demesmay
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heads the Franco-German Relations program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin.
Macron on the Move

Berlin Policy Journal November/December 2019

Emmanuel Macron will need to strike a difficult balance between national self-assertion and EU integration.

Macron’s Second Coup

Berlin Policy Journal November/December 2018

First Paris, then Brussels: For the European Parliament elections, Emmanuel Macron wants to apply his winning formula to the EU level.  But the hurdles …

Weakening Cracks

Manhattan Transfer

France and Germany urgently need to forge a common strategy to deal with US trade conflicts.

What Germany Needs to Do Next … On France and the EU

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2017

Meet Paris half-way and let it lead, too, lose your self-satisfied tone, and be more creative in developing ideas to bring the whole EU forward.

Ode to (Some) Joy

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2017

Where France and Germany are likely to chime – and occasionally clash.

Tandem Malfunction

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2017

The Franco-German alliance needs a reset.

Unprincipled Protest

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2016

Right-wing populism in France, the Netherlands, and Northern Europe.

One Star Down

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2016

Views from Germany, France, and Poland.

One Crisis among Many

Berlin Policy Journal May/June 2016

Paris views the refugee crisis through a different lens than Berlin.

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+++ The coronavirus crisis has brought Europe and the rest of the world to a standstill. What are the effects of the pandemic on international affairs? The future of the EU depends on how it handles the crisis, argues Daniela Schwarzer. Much is riding on the German EU presidency. David Goodhart makes the case for a retreat from hyperglobalization, and Richard Sennett foresees big changes coming to our way of life; Efi Koutsokosta profiles Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Noah Gordon, in his Carbon Critical column, points out that solar, like oil, has its overcapacity problems; and much more +++

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