March 18 2026
Please join us for an online event on whether Europe needs another competitiveness wake-up call.
In his report on the Future of European Competitiveness, Mario Draghi provided a clear-eyed diagnosis of Europe’s economic problems and proposed bold reforms. He pointed out how European policy all too often dulls European entrepreneurship and innovation – with the result that the region has become a laggard in many key technological developments. Positive policy initiatives have been taken since Draghi’s report – but they are, frankly, far and few in between. And in the past weeks and months, we are back again debating how to protect basic industries.
What areas of reform are necessary for Europe to be a place of innovation and growth?
Programme
REGISTERJudith Arnal is Senior Research Fellow at CEPS, Elcano, and Fedea. She is the author of several key papers on EU growth and capital market reforms.
Daniel Gros is Director of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University and, among other things, co-author of the highly acclaimed EU Innovation Policy – How to Escape the Middle Technology Trap.
Fredrik Erixon is Director of ECIPE and the author of several studies on competitiveness and innovation, including the 2022 Competitiveness Compass.
Oscar Guinea is Director of ECIPE and will chair the event.