Insights

Rivers of ink have been spilled in recent years on Europe’s stagnating innovation performance and declining competitiveness. The Draghi report is the most prominent among many studies examining the...

At one year old, most babies begin to stand on their own feet. Some walk, others wobble, but all start exploring the world under their own strength. Today, the Draghi report turns one. Yet it remains...

A few days after the publication of a Joint Statement and the details of the EU-US trade deal, European leaders were taken by surprise by another tariff threat coming across the Atlantic. The EU...

There are different ways to think about the economy. Economic reality will routinely present any policymaker with challenges that require actions in the short term: crises that motivate cyclical...

In a recent article in the Financial Times, Mario Draghi argues that the EU’s level of trade openness is unusually high and, in effect, a problem. In his view, Europe’s openness results from...

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) was designed to promote competition in digital markets, particularly by preventing large technology firms from imposing anti-competitive business practices. However,...

The panel discussion "The Crucial Role of Cloud and AI Leadership to Drive Competitiveness in Europe," hosted in our office, provided a platform for experts to examine the vital role of cloud...

This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 24th of November 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. Following Donald Trump’s victory...

The stark disparity between the relatively low government revenue derived from corporate taxes and the substantial contributions from labour and consumption taxes in Germany underscores the need for...

The webinar "Competitive Harmonisation and the 28th Regime: Pathways for Europe to Effectively Improve Global Competitiveness" that we held on 30 October explored pivotal themes on EU...