Blog post
17 May 2017
What could a euro-area finance minister mean?
The idea of a euro-area budget and finance minister have been around for a long while, but the arrival of President Macron gives the proposals new imp
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Blog post
15 May 2017
UK economic performance post-Brexit
What’s at stake: Almost a year after the UK voted to leave the European Union, its economic performance has showed mixed results. The risks of a Brexi
Event
11 May 2017
Financial Times - Bruegel Forum: the future of Europe after the French election
The second event in the Financial Times - Bruegel Forum series will look at how the results of the French elections will affect Europe.
Blog post
24 March 2017
European spring - Trust in the EU and democracy is recovering
Trust in the EU and satisfaction with democracy are returning in southern European countries, where citizens’ confidence in European institutions was
Policy brief
17 February 2017
Europe in a new world order
In this paper the authors explore what the EU’s strategic reaction should be to US diminishing giant policies, and the EU’s role in a world of declini
External publication
13 February 2017
Improving the Responses to the Migration and Refugee Crisis in Europe
What must be done to over- come the intra-European conflict and achieve a bal- ance that produces common ground allowing for a po- litical and social
Blog post
07 February 2017
How good a shield is Privacy Shield?
Privacy Shield was put in place in 2016 to ensure that transfers of personal data from the EU to the US would be in compliance with European Union pri
Policy brief
02 February 2017
Making the best of the European single market
Now more than ever, the EU needs to address concerns about the significant decline in productivity growth and the increasing perception of unfairness.
Blog post
21 October 2016
Beyond hard, soft and no Brexit
There is still a certain degree of fuzziness about what the different degrees of Brexit entail. We attempt to fill this gap by setting out the options
Blog post
20 September 2016
What does China’s ‘belt and road initiative’ mean for EU trade?
Much has been written about the Belt and Road initiative since Xi Jinping made it Beijing’s flagship initiative in September 2013. There are many inte
Blog post
18 August 2016
How to make the single market more inclusive after Brexit
The creation of the single market generated winners and losers. Yet redistribution remains first and foremost a competence of national governments.
Blog post
19 July 2016
Single market access from outside the EU: three key prerequisites
In relative terms, Norway’s current net financial contribution to the EU is similar to the UK’s. Switzerland and Liechtenstein pay surprisingly little
Opinion piece
19 July 2016
The difficulties of defining EU-UK economic relations
Negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU have not yet begun, but the UK leadership needs to find a balance between single market access and free move
Blog post
25 June 2016
The UK / EU separation: how fast does it happen?
Up until the British rebuff on 23 June 2016, the European Union had always been in expansion mode, also known in EU parlance as enlargement. The UK vo
Opinion piece
08 June 2016
The Juncker plan needs to be turned on its head
The Juncker Plan was launched one year ago to boost investment in Europe: has the plan been successful so far? How can we better use the EIB to increa
Blog post
17 May 2016
Assessing the Juncker Plan after one year
With the Juncker Plan, the European Commission intends to support valuable risky projects by expanding the risk capacity of the EIB. But has the new E