André Sapir
André Sapir is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in international economics.
He covers European integration, monetary union, international trade, international policy coordination and globalisation.
He speaks English and French.
He is also Professor Emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Previously, he served as Member of the General Board (and Chair of the Advisory Scientific Committee) of the European Systemic Risk Board based at the European Central Bank and as External Member of European Commission President Barroso’s Economic Advisory Group. In 2004, he published 'An Agenda for a Growing Europe', a report to the president of the Commission by a group of independent experts known as the Sapir report. At the time, he was serving as Principal Economic Advisor to European Commission President Prodi, also heading his Economic Advisory Group. Prior to that he worked as Economic Advisor to the Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
Geopolitical shifts and their economic impacts on Europe: Short-term risks, medium-term scenarios and policy choices
Globalisation and the reform of European social models
This Policy Brief is a reissue of the first Policy Brief published by Bruegel in November 2005
The time is right to make a European Union-India trade deal happen
This Policy Brief offers a broad perspective on the EU-India trade relationship
The European Union should form an international open trade coalition in response to Trump’s tariffs
A formal commitment to open rules-based trade by the EU and likeminded countries is essential to respond to today’s dangerous new trade reality
All work
Event
07 January 2026
Global imbalances and Europe: a fresh perspective
Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in Paris, jointly organised with the Banque de France and the CEPR
Event
05 November 2025
Planning for Ireland’s future
Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in Dublin, jointly organised with the Irish Department of Finance as part of its Annual Policy Conference
Report
18 September 2025
Event
29 September 2025
Talks@Bruegel: Trade, AI, and the future of India’s growth with Franziska Ohnsorge
Can India harness trade and AI to transform its economy?
Event
23 September 2025
Tariffs in a world of large global capital flows—implications for central banks
How will financial markets respond to global trade disruptions?
Policy Brief
07 August 2025
Globalisation and the reform of European social models
This Policy Brief is a reissue of the first Policy Brief published by Bruegel in November 2005
Policy Brief
07 July 2025
The time is right to make a European Union-India trade deal happen
This Policy Brief offers a broad perspective on the EU-India trade relationship
Event
11 June 2025
Indo-Pacific and Europe: growing partnerships in support of rules-based trade order
How should the EU and the Indo-Pacific region cooperate for a resilient trade order?
First Glance
15 April 2025
The European Union should form an international open trade coalition in response to Trump’s tariffs
A formal commitment to open rules-based trade by the EU and likeminded countries is essential to respond to today’s dangerous new trade reality
First Glance
19 March 2025
Pitfalls to avoid as the EU ramps up defence investment
European Union security requires both investment in defence and decisive steps in innovation and research