Opinion piece
08 March 2022
The EU’s ambitious emissions reduction targets will require a major increase in green investments. This column considers options for increasing public
Blog post
20 December 2021
Discussions on the fiscal framework should aim to correct its procyclical nature with a view to promoting more cooperative outcomes.
External publication
24 November 2021
Testimony given to a Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal roundtable discussion on the future of the stability and growth pact.
Opinion piece
22 October 2021
By and large, setting a new green golden rule would be a useful addition to the existing EU fiscal framework.
External publication
11 October 2021
It is an illusion to think that EU fiscal rules can be simple.
Policy brief
09 September 2021
A fiscal exit strategy must be put in place when the EU is pursuing the major goal of cutting its emissions
External publication
17 November 2020
Testimony before the European Parliament on the subject of EU fiscal policies.
External publication
14 October 2020
This briefing paper focuses on two aspects of the EU fiscal framework: whether an expenditure rule would be more reliable than a structural budget bal
External publication
12 October 2020
In this paper, the author looks at the implications arising from the focus of the Recovery and Resilience Plans in the context of the European Semeste
Opinion piece
23 July 2019
In 2011, the EU introduced stricter rules to monitor the implementation of country-specific policy recommendations. Using a new dataset, this column i
Working paper
25 April 2019
The authors use a newly-compiled dataset to investigate whether and why European Union countries implement the economic policy recommendations they re
Blog post
26 February 2019
Implementation of the European Commission’s country-specific policy recommendations (CSRs) is at a low rate overall. Whether this trend has continued,
Policy brief
13 June 2018
The authors study whether and to what extent EU countries implement recommendations on macroeconomic imbalances given by the EU in the so-called Europ
Blog post
15 June 2016
Economic policy coordination in the EU hardly works: the initially modest implementation has worsened further.
Blog post
18 November 2015
The fundamental problem of economic policy coordination in the EU is that national policymakers are accountable to their national parliaments and focu
Policy brief
12 November 2015
This paper assesses economic policy coordination in the euro area under the European Semester. Despite the collective decision to create this new syst