Event
07 July 2020
An EU budget for Europe's future with Johannes Hahn
How do we make the EU fit for future?
Eu budget
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Blog post
06 July 2020
EU recovery plans should fund the COVID-19 battles to come; not be used to nurse old wounds
In its proposed Recovery Fund, the European Commission uses allocation criteria mainly linked to infection rates and past economic performance. To fos
Blog post
17 June 2020
The EU’s recovery fund proposals: crisis relief with massive redistribution
Poorer European Union countries and those hardest hit economically by the COVID-19 crisis could obtain up to 15% of their GNI in grants and guarantees
Blog post
11 June 2020
One last push is needed to improve the Just Transition Fund proposal
The European Parliament and the Council still have an opportunity to improve the Just Transition Fund by refocusing it on social support and basing fu
Blog post
10 June 2020
Three-quarters of Next Generation EU payments will have to wait until 2023
Because of hurdles in designing, approving and implementing European Union programmes, less than a quarter of the €438 billion in grants planned under
Blog post
29 May 2020
An uncompromising budget
Apart from decisive European Central Bank measures, the EU-wide response to the COVID crisis had been rather weak until the Commission put on the tabl
Event
29 May 2020
The new EU budget: from COVID-19 remedies to green goals
Can we rescue the economy after COVID-19 and reach the environmental goals?
External publication
26 May 2020
A Just Transition Fund – How the EU budget can help with the transition
On 14 January 2020, the European Commission published its proposal for a Just Transition Mechanism, intended to provide support to territories facing
Event
15 May 2020
The Sound of Economics Live: Rebooting Europe - a framework for post COVID-19 economic recovery
Mapping out the post COVID-19 recovery.
Blog post
22 April 2020
EU debt as insurance against catastrophic events in the euro area: the key questions and some answers
European Union debt can provide comprehensive insurance against the COVID-19 pandemic and can enable a macroeconomic response, even though EU debt is
Event
21 April 2020
The role of Cohesion policy in the fight against COVID-19 with Elisa Ferreira
How can cohesion funds help the National, regional and local communities that are on the frontline in countering the coronavirus and the resulting eco
Policy brief
26 February 2020
How good is the European Commission’s Just Transition Fund proposal?
On 14 January 2020, the European Commission published its proposal for a Just Transition Mechanism, intended to provide support to territories facing
Opinion piece
26 February 2020
A Radical Way Out of the EU Budget Maze
It can be tempting to treat European budgetary discussions as a fairly inconsequential distributional game. But with the EU's role increasingly focuse
Podcast
25 February 2020
Can the European Green Deal kill the single market?
The European Green Deal is one of the landmarks of Ursula von der Leyen's Commission. But, without an ambitious investment behind it, what could be it
Blog post
23 January 2020
How could net balances change in the next EU budget?
The gap between payments into the EU budget and EU spending in a particular country has importance when EU spending does not constitute European publi
Blog post
22 January 2020
Incorporating political risks into debt sustainability analysis
DSA applies to crisis countries only, but an early warning system identifying vulnerabilities is relevant for all countries. A more general, less stri