Eu institutions

Tough trade-offs: the big strategic issues for the next EU term

Three overarching economic policy trade-offs will set the context for the new Commission from the beginning of its mandate

Marco Buti and Marcello Messori

Procrastination not dismantlement now threatens the European Green Deal

The temptation to water-down the European Green Deal under pressure from the far-right must be avoided to keep the EU's green trajectory

Simone Tagliapietra

The EU cannot drag its feet on Chinese subsidies any longer

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

Niclas Poitiers

Braver, Greener, Fairer

Maria Demertzis

Why are concrete economic proposals so important before the EU elections?

Maria Demertzis

The Letta report: an assessment of the energy proposals

The report has the potential to substantially impact the European Union's strategic agenda from 2024-29

Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

Beyond the numbers of EU national energy and climate plans

The authors conduct a simple relative frequency analysis for a series of words mentioned in the NECPs to identify interesting policy insights within

Ben McWilliams and Georg Zachmann

EU-China relation and de-risking global decarbonisation

Alicia García-Herrero

The rocky road to EU accession for Western Balkan countries: obstacles and lessons from the Eastern Partnership

The three eastern European states had practically no waiting time before being accepted as candidate countries right after application

Armin Steinbach

Broader border taxes: a new option for European Union budget resources

The purpose of this paper is to review the Commission’s proposal and to contribute new ideas for ‘genuine’ own resources

Pascal Saint-Amans

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

Nicolas Véron

A smart solar strategy for Europe

Smart measures, not tariffs or blunt subsidies, should be deployed to strengthen Europe’s standing in solar power

Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi

Assessing the Ecofin compromise on fiscal rules reform

The compromise reached by the Ecofin Council is imperfect. But it is still a big step forward.

Jeromin Zettelmeyer

The benefits of bringing the Western Balkans into the European Semester

Integrating the Western Balkan countries into the European Union’s European Semester process is both feasible and desirable.

Zsolt Darvas

When will the European Union finally get the budget it needs?

The EU budget needs radical reform, but certain conditions must be in place for it to succeed.

Marco Buti

The limits of the effectiveness of EU sanctions on Russia

Maria Demertzis