Eu institutions

Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for digital affairs

Bertin Martens

Not yet Trump-proof: an evaluation of the European Commission’s emerging policy platform

This policy brief evaluates the capacity of the EU’s economic strategy to address structural problems and whether policy needs to change under Trump

Heather Grabbe and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

20 years of improving economic policy: story of Bruegel, story of Europe

Bruegel’s founders recount the think tank’s creation and its journey to becoming a key player in Europe’s economic policy landscape

Rebecca Christie, Caroline de Gruyter, Jean Pisani-Ferry and Nicolas Véron

Do the European Institutions really need language diversity?

This episode sheds light on how languages shape the European Union's unique identity and democracy

Conor Brummell, Margo Sijs, Merje Laht and Aislínn McCrory

The European Commission’s duties on Chinese electric vehicles are a mistake

An EU duty on electric cars from China overstates the problem and will do more harm than good

Uri Dadush

Simplifying EU law: a cumbersome task with mixed results

The volume and complexity of EU laws continue to increase despite measures taken in previous mandates to make existing legislation less burdensome

J. Scott Marcus and Kamil Sekut

Draghi’s industrial masterplan has decarbonisation at its core

The report represents a solid basis for the development of an EU Clean Industrial Deal

Simone Tagliapietra

Memo to the commissioner responsible for digital affairs

Bertin Martens

Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence

Guntram B. Wolff

Memo to the commissioners responsible for international partnerships and reform of the multilateral development banks

Heather Grabbe, Hans Peter Lankes and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Memo to the commissioner responsible for economic and financial affairs

Zsolt Darvas, Maria Demertzis and Stavros Zenios

Overcome divisions and confront threats: Memo to the Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament

Memo to the Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament

Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

EU insurance union should follow the Fed

The EU could benefit from more centralised supervision of insurance companies, with the right financial stability safeguards

Rebecca Christie

How to harvest the windfall profits from Russian assets in Europe

The challenge still remains of crafting a syndicated loan for Ukraine backed by G7 members that strikes a fair deal on burden sharing

Armin Steinbach

The implications of the European Union’s new fiscal rules

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

Zsolt Darvas, Lennard Welslau and Jeromin Zettelmeyer