Insights
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Affordability and CSA2
The Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues has spent four months debating whether the Commission’s revised Cybersecurity Act will damage...
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Who Shall Inherit the Cookie Banner?
The Digital Omnibus is sold as a simplification. But it also builds in a kill switch on European ad-funded media and small businesses. The final...
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The India–EU FTA: A New Framework for Strategic Trade Cooperation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIndia’s premier, Narendra Modi, has just finished a tour in Europe, visiting several capitals to build stronger commercial relations. In late...
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Resetting UK Politics 10 Years On – Recognise Today’s Economy
By: David HenigThe UK had five Prime Ministers in the 35 years prior to the June 2016 EU referendum, since when it has had six which seems likely shortly to become...
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Opening Android, Closing Competition? The DMA’s AI Interoperability Paradox
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyLast month, we argued in an ECIPE Insight that the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is not so much promoting competition anymore but rather actively trying...
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China Brings Trade Law to Cybersecurity
What EU cyber attachés and trade counsellors need to know about CSA2 and the WTO. In a rather unusual move, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the...
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To Protect Data or Not to Protect: The Dilemma in the Commission’s Article 6(11) DMA Proceedings against Google
In a series of Insights and Studies, scholars at ECIPE have drawn attention to the increasingly conflictual relationship between new enforcement...
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Cybersecurity Act 2 and National Security: Same as It Ever Was
Much of CSA2 Is Already National Law As the Council has begun its deliberations on Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2), its controversial Section 4 on supply...
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Restoring Europe’s Industrial Competitiveness Starts with Tax Reform
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyEurope will not restore its industrial competitiveness through additional funds, strategies, or policy frameworks. It will do so when firms –...
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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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New Era for UK-EU Relations?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigThere is a small but growing awareness in London political circles that Brussels sets the terms for UK-EU engagement. From this is coming a slow...
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When Rules Collide: Regulatory Frictions Around the DMA and the Future of the EU’s Digital Framework
The EU’s digital rulebook is entering a new phase, one marked less by the need to close regulatory gaps than by the risk of friction between...