Bigger, better funded and focused on public goods: how to revamp the European Union budget

EU budget proposal: right priorities, too little ambition

European Commission proposals for the next multiannual EU budget contain some good ideas but fall far short of the needed radical rethink

Why Russia’s economic model no longer delivers

A contracting economy and low oil prices are signs of potential constraint on Russia’s ability to maintain its military capabilities

Economic convergence, demography, labour markets: what progress have EU candidate countries made?

Candidate countries remain far from European Union averages in terms of GDP per capita and their demographic and labour market characteristics

Where do insurance firms and pension funds invest?

Europe needs long-term, patient capital to meet its investment needs. Where is the money going and how can policymakers help?

A smart European strategy for electric vehicle investment from China

Chinese EV investment aids EU decarbonisation but brings risks, needing a united EU strategy to align it with climate, industrial and security aims

European Union fiscal rules: it’s already time to reform the reform

The EU should tweak its recent fiscal rule reform, capitalising on new realities to make improvements

Europe should innovate on defence, play it safe on debt

Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing

Relaunching Europe's space economy

This book analyses the scope for the European Union to become a leader on innovation, sustainability, resilience and security in the space sector

Sovereigns on thinning ice: debt sustainability, climate impacts and adaptation

What Europe must learn from China’s ascent in critical technologies

How can Europe’s nuclear deterrence trilemma be resolved?

Uncertainty over U.S. nuclear support is forcing Europe to choose between vulnerability, shared deterrence or nuclear proliferation

Boosting EU budget revenues with a defence spending shortfall levy

The European Union’s defence spending laggards could be asked to pay more into the common budget

How much research talent could Europe grab from the US?

Up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe; they might be persuaded to return

EU Nature Restoration Law: How can EU countries restore ecosystems while balancing budgets?

What are the pathways to manage trade-offs?

Green intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy

Digital euro: why now and what's next

ECB’s Cipollone and Spain’s Hernández de Cos talk timing and strategic arguments for a new Central Bank Digital Currency