Eu governance

The priority tasks awaiting Europe no longer align with its citizens' expectations

The implications of the European Union’s new fiscal rules

This policy brief summarises the main features of the new European Union fiscal framework

The EU cannot drag its feet on Chinese subsidies any longer

The European Union should apply countervailing subsidies on government-supported imports from China

European Union debt will boost air defense

A conceptual framework for the identification and governance of European public goods

How to find institutional arrangements for public-good provision, to maximise the benefits of public goods for EU members?

European Union debt to boost European air defence

European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets

Europe's economic future

Discussing June’s EU elections and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s campaign for a new term.

The impact on the European Union of Ukraine’s potential future accession

This report evaluates the impact on the EU of a possible EU accession of Ukraine, focusing on economic consequences and institutional developments.

Stay away from Russian money

The EU would shoot itself in the foot by confiscating Russian assets and giving them to Ukraine

Capital markets union - why now?

What is hindering the EU from achieving a Capital markets union?

Emerging countries have replaced most of Russia’s lost trade with advanced economies

Russian trade overall seems to have suffered little from sanctions; meanwhile, medicine and food trade continues with sanctioning countries

The European defence industrial strategy: important, but raising many questions

The European defence industrial strategy helps to focus thinking but has significant flaws

European capital markets union: make it or break it

Capital markets union has not delivered, but it should be given a last chance, with a focus on supervisory integration

How war in Ukraine brought Europe together

EU countries have resisted splintering factions since Russia’s 2022 invasion