Insights (Filter: EU)
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Europe’s Tax Bureaucracies Chase Digital Taxes While EUR 1 Trillion in VAT Revenue Lies Untapped
For 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
By: 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
When 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
By: 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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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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Europe’s 28th Regime: Fixing the Single Market — or Reinventing Its Complexity?
By: Matthias BauerEurope should approach the fashionable idea of a “28th regime” with clear eyes. A new legal framework will not by itself improve the Single...
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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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“Economic Security” Done Badly Will Make Us Less Economically Secure
By: David HenigA truth that goes against the current intellectual climate is that modern economies are the most resilient in history. They are so adaptable that the...
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Copyright, AI, and the CJEU – A Binary Choice That Will Shape Europe’s Role in Global AI
By: Matthias BauerA case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is set to clarify one of the most consequential legal questions raised by artificial...
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Less Symbolism, More Substance – Simpler Tax Laws and a Broader VAT Base for Europe
Europe says it wants investment and scale. Then it should match the rhetoric with a tax system that is simpler, clearer, and harder to game. That...
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Rethinking European Technological Sovereignty: From Regulatory Control to Capability Building
By: Dyuti PandyaA combination of developments and factors are leading several European leaders to favour new and old-new industrial policies. Policymakers have...
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Reviewing the Digital Markets Act: Inspirations from Japan
The European Commission is in the process of reviewing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the flagship ex-ante competition regulation introduced a few...