Insights
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Hungary’s Election – A New Future on the Horizon?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceTags: HungaryBy: Ismail AbdiFor over a year now Viktor Orbán has been on the back foot. His once bulletproof Fidesz is now trailing to a newcomer, Tisza, led by a Péter...
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The DMA Is Not Fixing Competition, It’s Redesigning It
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) may be a young regulation but, curiously, is already showing signs of being misaligned with actual market realities. As...
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Europe Cannot Reindustrialise Its Way to the Future
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyEurope wants its factories back. From Brussels to national capitals, policymakers are trying to reverse decades of deindustrialisation and restore...
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WTO Ministerial Failure Masks Weaponisation Dangers
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigNothing sums up the abject failure of this year’s WTO Ministerial Conference more than attempts to support e-commerce taking place without...
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Note to Europe: Please Switch from Decaf – Does Public Diplomacy Still Exist?
By: Frank LavinWhy has New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani established a working relationship with Trump better than that of any EU leader? Are European diplomatic skills...
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Europe’s “EU Inc.” Is a Step Forward – And a Foundation for More Ambitious 28th Regimes
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerEurope has finally taken a meaningful step towards a 28th regime – but not yet the 28th regime Europe actually needs. The European Commission’s...
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Closing Canada’s SME Credit Gap: A Strategic Imperative for the EU and Canada, with the Help of CETA
This article is co-authored with Celine Bak, President of Analytica Advisors. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often described as the...
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Europe’s Tax Bureaucracies Chase Digital Taxes While EUR 1 Trillion in VAT Revenue Lies Untapped
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyFor nearly a decade, policymakers across Europe have pursued a new frontier in taxation: digital services taxes (DSTs). The political narrative has...
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Europe Talks Competitiveness – Germany Shows Why It Struggles to Deliver It
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerEurope's competitiveness problem is not a lack of strategies, reports, or political ambition. It is a growing willingness to weaken market discipline...
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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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Europe’s Industrial Accelerator Act Is an Accelerator – For Bureaucracy
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerEuropean policymakers say they want competitiveness. They say they want simplification. They say they want to revive Europe’s industrial base in a...
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Persistent Brexit Divide Leaves UK Trade Policy Struggling
By: David HenigTen years on from the UK’s Brexit referendum the only apparent national consensus is negative – that the country cannot survive without...