Insights
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Nostalgia is a Broken Compass for Industrial Policy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 29th of March 2026. The original article can be found here. On 4 March, the...
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Getting Back to the Core “Draghi” Problem: Improving Europe’s Innovation and Technology Performance
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalWhen Mario Draghi published his report on the Future of European Competitiveness in September 2024, one observation stood out above all others:...
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The Economics of Copyright and Data Access in European AI Development
By: Oscar GuineaThis ECIPE Insight is based on a forthcoming ECIPE publication on Copyright and AI. Three developments in early 2026 have brought the relationship...
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EU-Russia Trade Since the Start of the War
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered one of the sharpest geopolitical realignments in modern trade history. The European Union,...
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Europe Goes to Love Island
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Latin America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 25th of January 2026. The original article can be found here. At the final...
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Too Much Bureaucracy, Too Little Investment
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Oscar Guinea"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Whether or not Albert Einstein ever uttered the phrase, it...
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What Europe Can Learn from Trump’s Manufacturing Mistake
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 11th of May 2025. The original article can be found here. That we learn from our...
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Rediscovering Europe’s Enlightenment Spirit in the Age of Quantum Technology
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr for their contribution to a simple but hard to answer...
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Spain, at Your Service
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 5th of October 2025. The original article can be found here. In her latest State...
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Von der Leyen Future Economic Legacy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyIn her State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touched on nearly every aspect of European life, including the economy....
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Before Eye for an Eye, Remember What Your Mother Told You
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 6th of July 2025. The original article can be found here. On 9 July – or...
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How to Kill a Bad Idea and Spread the Good Ones: An Iterative Public Policy Method for EU Policymakers
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar GuineaFor centuries, Europe has been politically fragmented. Counterintuitively, this fragmentation was a blessing, not a curse. The reason was that,...