France

Europe should build on France’s nuclear deterrent extension offer

Though not a proper European deterrent, a nuclear strategy partnership between France and other countries marks a new phase as the US wavers

Francesco Nicoli and Lucio Pench

Escaping the French Budget Maze

Eric Hazan and Jean Pisani-Ferry

Macron's Beijing visit shows how Europe is cornered

Alicia García-Herrero

Barnier’s balancing act: a skilful but precarious budget plan

The French government’s proposal to make the deficit manageable carefully balances different objectives but leaves tough choices for the future

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Divergent economic dynamics grind down the Franco-German EU axis

France must face up finally to its fiscal failings – and can no longer rely on German indulgence

Marco Buti and Marcello Messori

Macron's snap election gamble

Dissecting the political turmoil in France following President Macron's surprising call for snap parliamentary elections

Rebecca Christie, Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir

Stronger together: public preferences for different European defence cooperation designs

Research suggests most Europeans would support a significant uptick in EU defence integration.

Francesco Nicoli

Promoting STEM skills: a brief assessment of French individual learning accounts

French ILA successfully promotes basic digital skills but falls short of fostering more advanced capabilities.

Duygu Güner and Kamil Sekut

Bringing the reform of European Union fiscal rules to a successful close

EU fiscal rules must not unnecessarily restrict green investment.

Zsolt Darvas, Jean Pisani-Ferry and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

The unjustified campaign against the nomination of Fiona Scott Morton

Critics argue that her US citizenship and previous work for US tech giants might undermine Brussels’s efforts to tackle big-tech market power.

Christophe Carugati

La France est traditionnellement plus encline aux politiques économiques protectionnistes que l’Allemagne

Armin Steinbach

The Élysée Treaty: 60 years on

A review of Franco-German relations on the anniversary of the Élysée treaty.

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Nicolas Véron and Cornelia Woll

COVID-19 credit-support programmes in Europe’s five largest economies

This paper assesses COVID-19 credit-support programmes in five of the largest European economies, and examines how countries have dealt with trade-off

Nicolas Véron, Francesco Papadia and Julia Anderson

Has the European Union squandered its coronavirus vaccination opportunity?

The European Union’s purchases of frontrunner coronavirus vaccines are insufficient for the population’s near-term needs. The shortfall could have hea

J. Scott Marcus

Retraites : pour la clarté

L’économiste regrette, dans sa chronique au "Monde", que les tensions internes au gouvernement aient conduit à s’écarter de la stricte logique d’un sy

Jean Pisani-Ferry