Publications

Our publications aim to provide in-depth information on issues that are at the forefront of the European agenda, including commentary, research, and policy recommendations.

LEAP produces policy briefs, working papers, five bullets and a monthly newsletter. All publications are available online.

Policy Briefs

A. Filippetti, R. Spallone: The new European industrial policy and the gloomy future of Cohesion Policy

Social cohesion in Europe is a cornerstone of the integration process. The objectives of social cohesion and economic co...

December 5, 2024

R. Perissich – L’Europa di fronte a Trump: superare il pessimismo

Poteva succedere; è successo. Molti europei hanno reagito con passione, alcuni con gioia, più spesso con delusione o i...

November 14, 2024

R. Perissich: Le faglie dell’europeismo italiano

Molti italiani sono convinti che l’Italia abbia un problema con l’Europa. Si sarebbe tentati di rispondere: “non s...

November 6, 2024

I. Papadakis, M. Savona – The Uneven Geography of Digital Infrastructure: Does It Matter?

With data becoming an essential production input, we look at the location of data and cloud centres (DCCs) and explore d...

October 17, 2024

R. Urbani, J. Rech Graciano dos Santos, L. Cisotta, E. Scognamiglio, G. Tarantino – Advancing global reach: the role of international hubs in enhancing firm internationalization and innovation

This study provides a comprehensive examination of how firms integrate through international hubs, with a particular foc...

October 8, 2024

L. Schmitz, T. Seidl, T. Wuttke – The Costs of Conditionality: Lessons from IPCEIs

In recent years, the European Union has embraced a more active industrial policy to boost its global competitiveness and...

October 1, 2024

R. Perissich – Il rapporto Draghi: non sprecare una grande opportunità

Il rapporto presenta un’analisi del crescente divario di crescita, competitività, innovazione e produttività fra l...

September 18, 2024

U. Marengo: The Fondo Nazionale for Made in Italy and insights from the new British National Wealth Fund for the green industrial transition

The new British Government has announced the creation of a £7.3 billion National Wealth Fund (NWF) to help drive the UK...

September 17, 2024

L. Vinhas de Souza: Comparing EU and US approaches towards Economic Security Strategies

While the EU and the US share many similarities as market democracies that uphold the rule of the law, there are also ma...

September 3, 2024

Working Papers

A. Giunta, E. Marvasi, M. Sforza: Digitalization and Regionalization of Global Value Chains in European Industries

This paper explores the relationship between digitalization and the regionalization of Global Value Chains (GVCs) in Eur...

December 12, 2024

D. Mertens, M. Thiemann – Toward a Triangle of Coordination: The Role of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank in (Re-)Making EU Industrial Policy

The European Union’s emergent industrial policy regime has raised concerns over lacking ambition and scope to keep pac...

December 11, 2024

J. Creel, F. Saraceno: Economic governance in the next EU legislature. Which agenda for fiscal and monetary policy?

This paper takes a broadly positive view of the policies and institutional developments implemented to manage the pandem...

December 10, 2024

Joint Jacques Delors Institute-LUHNIP Policy Paper: Together we trade, divided we aid

This joint JDI-LUHNIP Policy Paper addresses the pressing issue of fragmentation within the EU Single Market resulting f...

December 2, 2024

N. Durazzi, P. Emmenegger, A. Felder-Stindt: A Continent in Search of Skills? Aiding the Twin Transition Through Skill Formation Policy

The twin transition demands a robust policy infrastructure. Central to this infrastructure is the development and availa...

November 21, 2024

S. Diessner, C. A. Petit – Strengthening the Democratic Accountability of the EU’s New Industrial Policy through Parliamentary Oversight

EU industrial policymaking involves political choices and trade-offs with far-reaching distributive consequences. This w...

November 14, 2024

D. Guarascio, J.Reljic, A. Simonazzi: United in diversity? EU core-periphery divided at the time of the green transition

The European Union (EU) is at a crossroads, faced with the pressing need to accelerate the green transition in response ...

November 7, 2024

P. Dermine, M. Patrin: Legal Foundations for a New EU Industrial Policy

The legal framework of industrial policy under the EU Treaties is disunited. The EU’s competence in the industrial fie...

October 29, 2024

C. Bastasin – Giorgia Meloni should rethink her European Strategy: An assessment of Italy’s government two years after its inauguration

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces a choice: whether to become Giorgia Mercher – an Italian combination o...

September 13, 2024

Monthly Briefs

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – October 2024

Last Month in Brief 2 October: The European Commission adopts a Communication on building sustainable international part...

November 19, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – October 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 02/10 Italy’s CDP Venture Capital and OpenAI sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the ...

November 6, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – September 2024

Last Month in Brief 3 September: The European Court of Justice issues a ruling on the Illumina/Grail case clarifying the...

October 15, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – September 2024

17/09 The Council of Ministers approves the decree for the partial privatisation of Poste Italiane, in the first signifi...

October 8, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – June 2024

Last Month in Brief 10 June: The European Commission opens an in-depth investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulat...

July 12, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – June 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 13-15/06 Italy hosts in Apulia the key event of the G7 featuring all the political leaders of the pa...

July 10, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – May 2024

6 May: French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen meet with Chinese ...

June 19, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – May 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 06/05 The Council of Ministers approves a Decree to support the farming and fishing sectors, includi...

June 10, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – April 2024

Last Month in Brief 3 April: The European Commission launches two in-depth investigations under the EU Foreign Subsidies...

May 21, 2024

Five Bullets

C. Bastasin: The war in Ukraine, fiscal rules, and the European elections

On February 26, 2024, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner proposed a moratorium on welfare spending and subsidies ...

February 29, 2024

C. Bastasin: An update on EU enlargement to include Ukraine

Next December, the EU Council is expected to announce the formal start of the accession process of Ukraine and Moldova t...

November 6, 2023

V. Meliciani, L. Policino, R. Urbani: Procurement of multilateral banks in Europe: specificities of the Italian model and policy implications

Securing World Bank procurement contracts can enhance a company’s growth perspectives due to market diversification, i...

September 19, 2023

C. Bastasin: Regole europee, la tentazione del mancato accordo

Dopo aver avviato il processo di riforma della governance economica europea nel 2020, la Commissione europea ha proposto...

April 19, 2023

C. Bastasin: Too much complacency in Europe for the US mid-term vote

1) The mid-term elections in the US were met with relief in Europe. Europeans see, in view of the 2024 presidential elec...

November 16, 2022

F. Bontadini, V. Meliciani, M. Savona, A. Wirkeirman: Nearshoring and Farsharing in Europe within the Global Economy

• The term “nearshoring” has gained significant interest in recent years, though a clear definition is still lacki...

September 27, 2022

C. Bastasin: Italy’s political uncertainty in 2023

In less than a year, the elections for the renewal of Italy’s Chambers will take place. Uncertainty is growing about t...

June 1, 2022

C. Bastasin: The reasons behind Scholz’s strong performance

• The strong performance by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is related to the electorate’s change of heart coincid...

September 28, 2021

C. Bastasin: Can conditionality and dialogue really walk hand in hand?

After the Coronavirus hit the European population and sent the economy into hibernation, EU institutions reacted –...

July 27, 2020

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