Simone Tagliapietra
Simone Tagliapietra is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel. Since joining in 2015, he has focused on European Union climate, energy and industrial policy.
He covers the development of domestic and international EU climate policy, the evolution of EU energy markets and policy, especially focusing on the political economy of the Energy Union integration process, and establishing an EU industrial policy marrying decarbonisation with economic competitiveness and security.
He speaks English, Italian and French.
He is also a Part-time Professor at the Florence School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute and a Member of the Italian Young Academy. He has previously been an Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies Europe of The Johns Hopkins University and an Assistant professor (tenure-track) at the Catholic University of Milan, where he previously earned his PhD under the supervision of Roberto Zoboli.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
What you need to know about ETS
How does the EU’s emissions trading system work and what changes are coming?
The flaws in the European Union’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act and how to fix them
IAA provisions should rest on clear sector choices, WTO-safe criteria and FDI screening that welcomes value-adding investment
Understanding the global clean tech manufacturing slowdown
The Iran energy shock is a test of European discipline on state aid
The latest EU temporary state-aid framework is needed to shield industries and consumers from short-term costs, but should not become more permanent
The fiscal fault lines of Europe’s energy shock
European measures to address the latest energy crisis are ignoring past lessons and long-term goals
2026 European energy crisis fiscal response tracker
This dataset provides an overview of the fiscal measures implemented by European governments to mitigate the 2026 energy shock in Europe
What is the EU’s response to the current energy crisis?
How to read the European Commission’s Iran crisis energy emergency plan
EU countries should coordinate measures to offset rising energy prices from the Iran conflict, while using the crisis to drive longer-term change
How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t
The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability
Five reasons why attacking the EU carbon market is economic self-sabotage
When discussing the EU emissions trading system, policymakers should remember five risks of undermining the system
How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets?
Policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition
Europe and the Iran war
What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine?
How can the EU energy system be made more efficient?
Better coordination for a more efficient European energy system
EU energy efficiency hinges on open data, integrated grid planning and aligned national plans as electrification raises the cost of fragmentation
‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy
The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation
Europe’s emissions trading system is an ally, not an enemy, of industrial competitiveness
The 2026 review of the EU ETS must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness
European clean tech tracker
This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe
Europe has a solid basis for battery and electric vehicle manufacturing growth
Europe is successfully building up battery and EV manufacturing capacity, though mainly thanks to foreign investment
Europe’s 2025 identity crisis: the year in review
The European Union’s quest for innovation, competitiveness, self defence and economic security
The EU clean industrialisation process: Developments tracking and policy insights
All work
Podcast
10 June 2026
What you need to know about ETS
How does the EU’s emissions trading system work and what changes are coming?
Policy Brief
21 May 2026
The flaws in the European Union’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act and how to fix them
IAA provisions should rest on clear sector choices, WTO-safe criteria and FDI screening that welcomes value-adding investment
Analysis
11 May 2026
First Glance
07 May 2026
The Iran energy shock is a test of European discipline on state aid
The latest EU temporary state-aid framework is needed to shield industries and consumers from short-term costs, but should not become more permanent
First Glance
05 May 2026
The fiscal fault lines of Europe’s energy shock
European measures to address the latest energy crisis are ignoring past lessons and long-term goals
Dataset
05 May 2026
2026 European energy crisis fiscal response tracker
This dataset provides an overview of the fiscal measures implemented by European governments to mitigate the 2026 energy shock in Europe
Newsletter
27 April 2026
First Glance
22 April 2026
How to read the European Commission’s Iran crisis energy emergency plan
EU countries should coordinate measures to offset rising energy prices from the Iran conflict, while using the crisis to drive longer-term change
Analysis
01 April 2026
How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t
The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability
First Glance
12 March 2026
Five reasons why attacking the EU carbon market is economic self-sabotage
When discussing the EU emissions trading system, policymakers should remember five risks of undermining the system