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Reforming the EU is hardly possible without coalitions of "builders" - member states willing and able to engage in sustainable coalition building at EU level. Since 2008, the EU and its members have found themselves in the middle of yet another formative phase. Will member states eventually succeed in shaping a Union able to guarantee the prosperity, security, and freedom of its citizens? This publication explores new patterns of member state interaction that emerged during recent crises and proposes ideas for strengthening coalition building at the EU level to encourage a sustained effort for EU reform by policymakers across Europe.

Wie findet die EU aus dem Krisenmodus zurück in den Gestaltungsmodus? Die Probleme der vergangenen Jahre haben die Europäer gespalten und Euroskeptizismus wachsen lassen. Andererseits besteht der Wunsch nach gemeinsamen Lösungen fort. Diese Grundhaltung war auch bei dem internationalen Seminar für Europa-Experten aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft greifbar, zu dem eine Gruppe führender Think-Tanks, darunter die DGAP, nach Berlin eingeladen hatte. Ein ausführlicher Bericht liegt nun vor.

Germany is widely perceived to be calling the shots in Europe's sovereign debt crisis management, and maybe in the EU in general. But a state's influence in the union is complex and also contextual. Clearly, though, state power seems to have regained prominence in the European debate. How much power have member states retained, or perhaps even won, in the process of integration - and what does power in the Union look like? Five theses on power in today's European Union.

The authors examine the role of the European Union as a key international economic player and as an international political actor. They discuss the European Union's evolving common foreign and security policy and its structure, practice, and limits. The authors pose questions about the nature of sovereign decision making on the part of principal American allies and how it will affect the United States.