News

2025

November

7 November 2025

Adnan Ćerimagić joined Slovenian MEPs for a debate in Ljubljana, emphasizing the urgent need for credible EU enlargement policies that align EU strategic interests with its core values.

4 November 2025

Adnan Ćerimagić joined diplomats and analysts to discuss Bosnia and Herzegovina's post-Dayton transformation and the future of EU enlargement.

October

29 October 2025

ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić joined senior officials to discuss how digitalisation, climate, trade, and emigration are shaping the structural future of the Western Balkans and its alignment with the EU.

22 October 2025

ESI's Kristof Bender joined a round table on return policy, alongside officials from the Fundamental Rights Agency, IGC, and various EU member states.

17 October 2025

At a conference on EU foreign policy, ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić argued for credible enlargement policies and stronger support for democratic reforms to ensure stability in the Western Balkans.

16 October 2025

At a high-level Vienna consultation on European security, ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić opened the main working session, offering ESI's analysis on the necessity of credible institutional security guarantees for the Western Balkans.

1 October 2025

ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić co-led an executive programme, training Western Balkan public officials in strategic communication, political messaging, and disinformation resilience to enhance public trust in EU integration.

September

26 September 2025

At the Sarajevo Security Conference 2025, ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić joined German officials and members of the Bundestag on a panel discussing Germany's role in anchoring the Western Balkans within a shifting European landscape.

16 September 2025

ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić moderated a panel highlighting the essential role of engaging municipalities and cities to ensure Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU accession process is inclusive and effective.

16 September 2025

At the Warsaw Europe Future Forum, ESI's Kristof Bender argued that the EU's next budget must explicitly allocate funds for new member states to restore credibility to its enlargement policy.

5 September 2025

ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić participated in a regional network meeting in Sarajevo, contributing ESI's perspective on democratic reforms and the EU's role in supporting peace and security in the Western Balkans.

2 September 2025

At the Bled Strategic Forum, ESI's Adnan Ćerimagić moderated a panel pairing five Western Balkan foreign ministers with six young civil servants to find solutions for the region's youth brain drain.

August

28 August 2025

ESI senior analyst Adnan Ćerimagić joined young leaders in Kranjska Gora to discuss EU integration, democratic reform, and reconciliation.

July

31 July 2025

Adnan Ćerimagić met with master’s students from Munich and Berlin to discuss EU enlargement, Western Balkans policy, and how to shape debates through advocacy.

23 July 2025

At a CIDOB Breakfast, Gerald Knaus warned that fear-driven politics and unequal burden-sharing threaten Europe’s asylum system and democratic stability.

21 July 2025

At the Munich Economic Debates, Gerald Knaus warned of rising extremism driven by migration fears and called for humane, enforceable asylum reforms rooted in European values.

11 July 2025

At the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s expert roundtable, Gerald Knaus outlined how safe third-country deals and legal pathways can make EU asylum policy more effective and credible.

9 July 2025

At the 75th assembly of Germany’s insurance employers, Gerald Knaus called for humane asylum policies and warned of rising threats to European democracy.

June

17 June 2025

Gerald Knaus made the case for a realistic and inspiring European vision to defend peace, freedom and democracy in an age of war, fear and growing disillusion.

12 June 2025

Gerald Knaus warned that lasting peace in the Balkans depends on reviving EU enlargement with a credible strategy linking reforms to access to the single market.