Opinion piece
15 November 2022
NextGenerationEU: an underused facility?
The RRF has great potential to become an instrument for ‘insuring’ EU countries against common shocks.
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Blog post
10 November 2022
With a little help from some friends: coordinating Digital Markets Act enforcement
Digital Markets Act enforcement will be much more effective if EU member national authorities are involved
News
06 October 2022
Exchange of views on Transatlantic Dialogue and Cooperation on strategic considerations as regards semiconductors
Testimony on the EU Chips Act and the prospects for EU-US cooperation on semiconductors
Blog post
17 February 2022
How has growth changed what countries get from the European recovery fund?
Adjustments to growth forecasts mean some countries will get 10% more than expected and others 20% less in grants from the EU Recovery and Resilience
Blog post
14 July 2021
Fit for 55 marks Europe’s climate moment of truth
With Fit for 55, Europe is the global first mover in turning a long-term net-zero goal into real-world policies,
marking the entry of climate policy
Event
29 June 2021
EU debt vs national debts: friends or foes?
The EU will become into a major issuer of safe assets in the coming years. How will this interact with the debt issuance of European sovereign debts?
Policy brief
07 June 2021
Europe should not neglect its capital markets union
The European Union’s capital markets remain very underdeveloped compared to the United States.
Event
25 May 2021
The Future of Work – a conversation with Commissioner Schmit
EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit joins Bruegel for a conversation around the future of work.
Blog post
29 April 2021
Setting Europe’s economic recovery in motion: a first look at national plans
Plans for spending European Union recovery funds submitted by the four largest EU countries reflect rather different priorities. So far, only Italy is
Opinion piece
21 April 2021
We need more bias in artificial intelligence
What makes one vision more desirable than another is not its neutrality, but whether it can better serve one’s goals in the context of where those goa
Opinion piece
14 April 2021
More Europe or less Europe?
Europe is often a ship with multiple captains. The boat moves forward in calm seas, but when the slightest wind puts it off course, it is not easy to
Blog post
06 January 2021
Has the European Union squandered its coronavirus vaccination opportunity?
The European Union’s purchases of frontrunner coronavirus vaccines are insufficient for the population’s near-term needs. The shortfall could have hea
Blog post
05 January 2021
When the future changes the past: fiscal indicator revisions
The 2020 pandemic economic shock has led to reassessment of fiscal policy measures in 2018 and earlier, because of faulty measurement of unobserved ou
Blog post
28 September 2020
Common eurobonds should become Europe’s safe asset – but they don’t need to be green
The plan to fund the European Union’s recovery programme via debt issuance has raised hopes of a new type of euro-denominated safe asset.
Podcast
16 September 2020
The State of the Union going forward
In the first Sound of Economics Live episode after summer we look at the State of the Union address delivered by Ursula von der Leyen.
Opinion piece
23 June 2020
A tale of two pandemics
The two narratives briefly examined here cast light on different aspects of the EU in the times of Covid-19. Euroskeptic nationalists typically propag