On November 24, 2021, the New Europe Center held the Eighth German breakfast on the topic: «Ukraine-EU Relations: the view from Berlin». The event was organized in partnership with the European Policy Institute (Berlin).

More information about the project «German Ukrainian Researchers Network» (GURN) – here

In an off-the-record confidential atmosphere, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, expert community and the invited German speakers discussed the view from Berlin on the reform process in Ukraine .

The invited speakers of the event were:

• Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, Program Director, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany (Berlin);
• Marcel Röthig, Director, Representation of the Foundation Friedrich Ebert in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova (Kyiv)

The New Europe Center was represented by Director Alyona Getmanchuk and First Deputy Director Sergiy Solodkyy.

The following issues were discussed at the event:

• What is crucial in promoting Ukraine’s European integration from the German point of view?
• How does Germany assess Ukraine’s reform efforts on the path to the EU?
• Membership prospects for Ukraine: how impossible to make possible?
• What can be changed in Germany’s policy towards the Eastern Partnership with the arrival of a new coalition?
• What is Germany’s view of the Associated Trio?

The full photo report from the event is available here.

“German breakfasts” is a unique format that takes place in Kyiv regularly. This is a continuation of the “Ukrainian Breakfasts” series, which has been organized by the Institute of European Policy in Berlin since 2017. The German Breakfasts initiative was launched to discuss the views of German experts and decision-makers on events in Ukraine and Germany, and to establish a professional dialogue between experts from both countries.

The event is part of the German Ukrainian Researchers Network (GURN) project. GURN aims to create a German-Ukrainian expert network, strengthen expertise in policy analysis and promote joint research projects. GURN is initiated by the Institute of European Policy (Berlin) in close cooperation with the Ilko Kucheriv Foundation for Democratic Initiatives (Kyiv), the Think Twice UA think tank (Kyiv), the New Europe Center (Kyiv), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.