When and where did you first feel like a European, and what do you associate with this identity? In Jagoda Marinić’s case, it was not in Rome, Paris or Berlin, but in the United States of America, long before Donald Trump came to power, when President Obama made history with his HOPE campaign. The writer and journalist talks about memory, learning and the legacy of the Enlightenment. Europe in a nutshell! Discussions about politics, Europe and the energy transition: Aleksandra Smyczyńska, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at E.ON Polska S.A. and Fundacja E.ON w Polsce, and Andrea Tragalová, Programme Manager at the ZSE Foundation in Slovakia, join Stephan Muschick, Managing Director of the E.ON Foundation, to reflect on the joint European Climate Fund programme. Discover three winning projects from each country! Lithium is the basic material for batteries and energy storage systems. Without electricity storage, very little works today, and in the future, virtually nothing will work: communication, mobility, medical technology – wireless devices no longer get their power from the mains. We asked Tesvolt founder Daniel Hannemann and architect and scientist Marina Otero Verzier how dependent Europe is on global lithium reserves. The US and China are leaving Europe far behind when it comes to AI technologies. Europe attaches great importance to guidelines for dealing with AI. Are ethical standards Europe’s strength? Philosopher, author and science journalist Gert Scobel writes about the central challenges to our judgement and human freedom to decide on matters that cannot be decided. And he asks: Who actually has a problem here? Cottbus is undergoing structural change due to the phase-out of coal. The so-called “Stadtpromenade” (city promenade) is currently being redesigned in a participatory process involving a municipal development advisory board sponsored by the E.ON Foundation. Museum director Ulrike Kremeier, a member of the advisory board, shows us what this is all about on a walk through the city. How does she combine her museum work with the issues that concern the people of Cottbus? Since 1985, the European Union has awarded the title “European Capital of Culture”. According to the EU, the designation is intended to help “highlight the richness, diversity and commonalities of Europe’s cultural heritage”. Stephan Muschick spoke with Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, and Stefan Schmidtke, Managing Director of the Capital of Culture Chemnitz: Did RUHR.2010, when the Ruhr region was Capital of Culture, fulfil this claim? And how is Chemnitz currently succeeding in 2025? A turbulent relationship: relations between the European Union and Turkey are still the subject of heated debate in all the countries involved. In this interview, Murat Pinar, CEO of Enerjisa Enerji, talks about how his company is moving towards a sustainable future and how important solidarity and civic engagement are when it comes to survival. For example, after the devastating earthquakes in February 2023. Europe must decide what kind of neighbour it wants. A weak, insufficiently integrated Ukraine remains a target for attack. A connected, powerful Ukraine contributes to a safer and more united continent. Reconstruction is Europe’s opportunity to go beyond rhetoric. That is the view of Nazarii Pomohaibo and Marta Leshyk from the European Youth Parliament’s Rebuild Ukraine Lab – a project supported by the E.ON Foundation. How do young adults view Europe today and in the future? Three young Europeans – Milica Mijailović, Laura Barry and Jan Erik Petersen – discuss a podcast from the E.ON Foundation’s Die Energie der Gesellschaft (The Energy of Society) series featuring climate activist Carla Reemtsma. Is there really a systematic unwillingness among politicians to address the ecological crisis? And what does Generation Z want? What gives them hope? How do Europeans view the energy transition and climate protection? The E.ON Foundation’s European Survey 2025 shows that nine countries have nine different attitudes! But they all share one goal: climate protection is essential. Infographics and comments from scientists provide an overview of the survey’s most important findings. This is how Europe ticks... Europe – the topic is so complex that one epilogue is not enough. Writer and essayist Mithu Sanyal shares her thoughts on a Europe that reflects on the good ideas of the European Constitution. American diplomat and journalist Daniel Benjamin invites us to look at Europe from another continent. Both show us at the E.ON Foundation that our intensive engagement with Europe will continue... The woman riding the bull must take heart.