A quantitative evaluation of the European Commission’s fiscal governance proposal
This paper focuses on the fiscal adjustment that the first regulation would require of countries with debt above the treaty benchmarks.
European Union debt financing: leeway and barriers from a legal perspective
The paper investigates the legal feasibility of the EU borrowing on the capital market to finance European public goods.
The State of the European Union speech must address the return of economic policy trade-offs
The European Commission president should set out the need for a new EU business model founded on the supply of genuine European public goods.
Making the most of Europe’s anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles
The EU anti-subsidy investigation into EVs from China is a reminder of the need for a new EU green industrial policy strategy.
A new governance framework to safeguard the European Green Deal
This policy brief sets out policy proposals to enhance governance in order to safeguard EU decarbonisation.
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The struggle to cut emissions from international aviation and shipping
Three possible policy pathways could lead to improvement and systemic change in the aviation and maritime sectors.
The Digital Markets Act is about enabling rights, not obliging changes in market conditions
Compliance with the DMA will be about ensuring that users are empowered with rights to challenge gatekeepers
Making sense of the European Commission’s fiscal governance reform plan
This Policy Brief offers proposals to enhance institutional self-commitment to implementation, with reputational consequences for non-implementation.
The Russian war economy: macroeconomic performance
The Russian economy has performed better than many expected since the war in Ukraine started, though the financial burden will be felt for some time.
Evaluating the European Commission’s fiscal governance proposal
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Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution: A policy for net zero, growth and resilience
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