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The European single market: restarting the perpetual revolution
Boosting the EU single market needs stronger rule enforcement and targeted harmonisation, especially in services and regulated professions
Economic convergence, demography, labour markets: what progress have EU candidate countries made?
Candidate countries remain far from European Union averages in terms of GDP per capita and their demographic and labour market characteristics
Why Russia’s economic model no longer delivers
A contracting economy and low oil prices are signs of potential constraint on Russia’s ability to maintain its military capabilities
A smart European strategy for electric vehicle investment from China
Chinese EV investment aids EU decarbonisation but brings risks, needing a united EU strategy to align it with climate, industrial and security aims
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Publication list
Working paper
18 June 2025
European export finance needs a reboot
Different options of what a European architecture for ECAs could look like, and how they could be leveraged to serve European public goods
Analysis
12 June 2025
Ten challenges facing China’s economy
China’s economic problems are structural; the response so far has not tackled the root causes
Analysis
05 June 2025
Transatlantic clean investment monitor 4: electric vehicles
A clear move to electric vehicles is underway, but the US is creating more obstacles than Europe
Working paper
03 June 2025
Implementing the EU Nature Restoration Law: exploring pathways for member states
This paper explores three restoration pathways, revealing trade-offs between equity, cost-efficiency, and carbon sequestration
Report
28 May 2025
Working paper
28 May 2025
Intra-Western Balkans dynamics: stocktaking and ways ahead
This paper explores the barriers to, and prospects for, deeper intra-Western Balkan economic relationships
Working paper
27 May 2025
India-China rapprochement: what are the long-term prospects?
Despite signs of cautious improvement, India-China relations remain deeply strained by border tensions and mutual distrust
Working paper
22 May 2025
Which companies are ahead in frontier innovation on critical technologies? Comparing China, the European Union and the United States
In this paper, we study who is engaging in frontier innovation in AI, semiconductors and quantum computing in China, the US and the EU
Analysis
21 May 2025
How the EU should plan for global trade transformation
Current turbulence is also an opportunity for the EU to forge a coalition in support of rules-based trade and global trading system reform
Working paper
20 May 2025
Radical novelties in critical technologies and spillovers: how do China, the US and the EU fare?
In this paper we analyse the evolution of frontier innovation in quantum computing, semiconductors and artificial intelligence in China, US and EU
Working paper
19 May 2025
Analysis
14 May 2025
How much research talent could Europe grab from the US?
Up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe; they might be persuaded to return
Analysis
13 May 2025
Understanding Serbian youth discontent through the lens of the labour market
As young Serbians arrive in Brussels to highlight the changes they want to see in Serbia, the EU should show stronger support for their demands
Working paper
12 May 2025
Lessons for the European Central Bank from the 2021-2023 inflationary episode
This paper reflects on these developments ahead of the ECB’s 2025 monetary policy review
Analysis
29 April 2025
Make finance part of the EU-UK post-Brexit reset
The EU and UK should address issues with the clearing and settlement industry and letterbox firms
Analysis
28 April 2025
Defence and climate: seven points for a common agenda
Beyond the debated public spending trade-off between defence and climate goals lie converging interests
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