Insights (Filter: EU)
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Summer Reading 2024 – Book Recommendations from ECIPE
By: Fredrik ErixonEvery season is a time for reading but a long summer holiday is a particularly good time for relaxing with a good book. Here is a selection of books...
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Webinar Summary: Waiting for Draghi – Defining Europe’s Productivity Problem
The webinar "Waiting for Draghi – Defining Europe’s Productivity Problem" featured insightful discussions from Judith Arnal, Senior Research...
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Event Summary: Competitiveness, Commerce, and the Cloud – How Can We Drive More Technology-based Change in Europe?
The event focused on the EU’s cloud and AI policy, addressing the challenges and opportunities for Europe to remain competitive in these sectors....
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The European Productivity Slowdown in a Global Context
The decline in EU competitiveness is certain to be a key issue for European policymakers over the next five years. This concern is well-founded. The...
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Five Challenges for Five Decisive Years in Europe
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found...
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Don’t Panic! It’s Just FRAND Licensing Practices
By: Dyuti PandyaA breakthrough in calculating a 'fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory' (FRAND) royalty rate for wireless patents came in the year 2198. After...
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Event Summary: Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing
On May 14, 2024, together with Europe Unlocked, we organised a conference titled "Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access...
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The Big Shift in Global Trade in Services: A Tale of Five Modes of Supply
By: Lucian Cernat*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Global rules...
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The Next EU Parliamentary Elections and the Future of International Trade
By: Renata Zilli"The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to...
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Tocqueville, the Revolution and the European Parliament Election
By: Fredrik ErixonIn the French city of Tours, in the heart of the Loire Valley, we can find an explanation for Europe's turbulent politics. Geert Wilders has recently...
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A July General Election Offers a New Government Time to Rethink EU Relations
By: David HenigAs the speculation built that a UK General Election was to be called, those with one eye on UK-EU relations noted that the soon-to-be-confirmed date...
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Trade in the Great Sea: Revisiting EU-Southern Mediterranean Trade Relations
By: Jan A. MicallefImage: Romeyn de Hooghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Mediterranean region may currently not be a central geography for EU trade...