Understanding Europe

File photo: Police have been guarding the perimeter of The Bell hotel to prevent serious attacks | Photo: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA/picture-alliance
File photo used as illustration: Deportation flight from Germany to Afghanistan | Photo: Jan Woitas/picture-alliance
More than 1 million Ukrainians have fled to Germany since Russia's full-scale invasion of their home country in February 2022 | Photo: Jochen Eckel / IMAGO
The disembarkation of migrants on Lampedusa from the Open Arms vessel after 19 days spent on the boat's deck off the island, on the night of August 21, 2019 | Photo: ANSA/ELIO DESIDERIO
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference on the 2028-2034 budget in Brussels, Belgium on July 16, 2025 | Photo: picture alliance / Anadolu / Dursun Aydemir