Policy briefs

Reinforcing EU merger control against the risks of acquisitions by big tech

The burden of proving that a merger is not anti-competitive should be shifted onto gatekeepers

Mario Mariniello

Ukraine: European democracy’s affordable arsenal

A future enlarged EU, including Ukraine, should take full advantage of the lower-cost military production capabilities of Ukraine

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

Will China’s economy follow the same path as Japan’s?

Since the 2021 bursting of its real-estate bubble, worries have grown that China's future economic trajectory will mirror that of Japan in the 1990s

Alicia García-Herrero and Jianwei Xu

Europeans still want climate action, but don't trust governments to deliver

Despite recent election results, underlying concern about climate change has not changed significantly

Jan Eichhorn and Heather Grabbe

Europe’s energy information problem

Choices are needed about responsibilities at European and national levels, expanding existing institutions or creating new independent ones

Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

The European Union’s new fiscal framework: a good start, but challenges loom

Nicolas Boivin and Zsolt Darvas

How to improve the European Union’s sustainable finance framework

Five adjustments would make the EU sustainable finance framework more effective at delivering the desired alignment of incentives

Silvia Merler

Upgrading Europe's electricity grid is about more than just money

Interconnection is vital for European energy security, decarbonisation and cost reduction

Conall Heussaff and Georg Zachmann

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

Prepare now: Europe must get ready for the coming long-term care surge

In many countries, demand for long-term care services outpaces supply, leading to a ‘care gap’

Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, David Pinkus and Nina Ruer

Using data as a production factor: policy ideas for a new EU data strategy

How should the EU go about designing a data-market regime that maximises the efficient use of data as an economic production factor?

Bertin Martens

Finance for nature: how to improve funding for the protection of biodiversity

This policy brief summarises the options and outlines the main considerations in finding better ways to value nature

Heather Grabbe and Luca Léry Moffat

It’s time for the European Union to rethink personal social networking

This Policy Brief explores the potential implementation of Article 7 interoperability for social networking core platform systems.

Fiona M. Scott Morton

How the European Union should respond to Trump’s tariffs

This Policy Brief focuses on possible new Trump tariffs, based on statements made by the President-elect

Ignacio García Bercero, Petros C. Mavroidis and André Sapir

Decarbonising for competitiveness: four ways to reduce European energy prices

Energy prices are higher in the European Union than in most other industrialised economies, presenting a fundamental competitiveness challenge

Conall Heussaff

An investment strategy to keep the European Green Deal on track

In this Policy Brief, we assess the investment needed to achieve the 2030 climate goal and climate neutrality by 2050

Jean Pisani-Ferry and Simone Tagliapietra