Publications

A European defence industrial strategy in a hostile world

Any strategy will need to take account of evolving Russian capacities, evolving political willingness and evolving defence industrial capacities

Juan Mejino-López and Guntram B. Wolff

One bad Apple decision: EU tax ruling entrenches distortions

Ireland’s massive tax windfall highlights once again the pressing need for reform of profit allocation rules

Pascal Saint-Amans

Extra time for deforestation: lessons for future EU environmental legislation

This Policy Brief sets out why the deforestation regulation has the right objectives but needed better design and preparation for implementation

Heather Grabbe and Luca Léry Moffat

China’s influence at the United Nations: words and deeds

Understanding China’s influence at the UN is essential for comprehending contemporary international relations

Alicia García-Herrero, Théo Storella and Pauline Weil

A special historical analysis: Europe’s 35-year journey since the fall of the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989, triggering huge political and economic change; the question now is whether the gains can be safeguarded

Marek Dabrowski

A fork in the road for EU competition policy

In her instructions to the incoming EU competition commissioner, Ursula von der Leyen equivocates on the issue of national champions

Fiona M. Scott Morton

Management of debt liabilities in the EU budget under the post-2027 MFF

Zsolt Darvas and Conor McCaffrey

Updating the EU strategy on China: co-existence while derisking through partnerships

The EU is now better equipped to deal with China in a systematic way, but the question remains whether the existing tools will be enough

Alicia García-Herrero and Abigaël Vasselier

Back to the future: main financial services themes for European Commissioner designate Maria Luís Albuquerque

The European Commission should prioritise capital markets supervisory integration and banking-union completion

Nicolas Véron

Investment needs and gaps for the sustainability transition in Europe: Rethinking the European Green Deal as an EU industrial strategy

Simone Tagliapietra

What can central banks do to take the Paris Agreement seriously?

Central banks should take a macro approach to managing system-wide risks stemming from the climate transition

Dirk Schoenmaker and Hesse McKechnie

Transatlantic clean investment monitor 2: a solar PV snapshot

This analysis compares the state of play in solar capacity in both the US and Europe

Michael Delgado, Yeric Garcia, Hannah Hess, Marie Jugé, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Charlotte McClintock, Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra, Marie Tamba, Harold Tavarez and Cecilia Trasi

Should the European Union’s fiscal rules bend to accommodate the defence transition?

EU debt rules should not be changed to exempt increased defence spending, but some flexibility could be considered

Lucio Pench

Catch-up with the US or prosper below the tech frontier? An EU artificial intelligence strategy

This Policy Brief explores why EU AI investment has fallen behind the US and the types of market failure that may have led to that situation

Bertin Martens

The end of Russian gas transit via Ukraine and options for the EU

The EU should seek a common position on the upcoming end to the contract governing Russian gas transit through Ukraine

Ugnė Keliauskaitė and Georg Zachmann

An uphill struggle: a long-term perspective on the European public goods debate

This paper analyses what arguments European policymakers have used in discussions about centralising public expenditures at EU level

Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol