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

L. Stille: Securing critical materials across the Mediterranean for the EU’s renewable future

The European Union’s targets for renewable hydrogen production and broader renewable energy adoption face potentia...

July 29, 2024

D. Di Carlo, F. Genovese: Calling Snap Elections against Populists in the EU? Playing with Fire!

June’s elections tilted the European Parliament significantly to the right. The most shocking result was the National ...

June 25, 2024

C. Bastasin: Will the French elections deliver a German Europe?

In a famous speech in 1953, Thomas Mann, a towering figure of German and world literature, called on the Germans to resi...

June 19, 2024

C. Bastasin: The paradox of the European vote

In a few days, we will know the outcome of the elections for the European Parliament. The results will be carefully anal...

June 5, 2024

C. Bastasin: Può la riforma costituzionale italiana mettere a rischio l’euro?

Governi politici “di parte” potranno garantire solidità finanziaria all’Italia nell’euro? La proposta di riform...

May 13, 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

F. Bontadini, V. Meliciani, M. Savona, A. L. Wirkierman – Nearshoring and Farsharing in Europe within the Global Economy: Regional Trends, Structural Components and Sectoral Patterns

This paper documents recent trends in the geographical distribution of value added across Global Value Chains (GVCs). By...

August 29, 2024

M. Messori: Loans or “gifts”? What the Italian economy needs from Europe

According to the recent Economic and Financial Document (DEF) drafted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), in 2...

April 28, 2020

C. Bastasin: The rationale behind the Italian-German rift

• Acrimony among European states is harsher today than during the euro-crisis a decade ago, jeopardizing the integrity...

March 31, 2020

C. Bastasin: The EU budget’s bad start concerns the euro area as well

• February’s special Council meeting on the 2021-2027 EU budget ended without an agreement. When EU leaders left...

February 28, 2020

C. Bastasin: A Unique Opportunity for New Ideas on EU Fiscal Rules

• On February 5, the European Commission presented the outlines of its review of the euro-area’s fiscal rules. A sim...

February 7, 2020

C. Bastasin: Italy’s debt causes resistance to new “green” fiscal flexibility

• Brussels is about to start a debate on waivers for green investments from the EU’s budget-deficit rules. However, ...

February 5, 2020

C. Bastasin: ON THE EU COMMISSION’S HARD-NOSED LETTER TO ITALY

• In a strongly worded letter, EU Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Pierre Moscovici have accused Italy of planning...

October 22, 2018

C. Bastasin: ITALY’S IS NOT A POPULIST GOVERNMENT

● Italy’s government is not just another populist government, more or less similar to the Greek, the British or even...

October 1, 2018

C. Bastasin: Regarding the Letter of the Eight Finance Ministers

● European ministers of finance discussed the future of the EMU on several occasions over the last couple of months. U...

March 13, 2018

M. Messori: ON THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM DEUTSCHE BANK

DEUTSCHE BANK’S DIFFICULTIES, which exploded due to a multi-billion dollar fine required by the U.S. Department of Jus...

October 4, 2016

ECB Press Conference – December 12, 2024 – 14:45

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December 11, 2024

Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament – Speech by Christine Legarde, President of the ECB – December 4, 2024

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December 4, 2024

Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – Financial Times – November 28, 2024

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November 28, 2024

First European Semester Autumn Package under new economic governance framework sets out path for sound public finances and sustainable and inclusive growth – November 26, 2024

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November 26, 2024

Follow the money: channelling savings into investment and innovation in Europe – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – November 22, 2024

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November 24, 2024

The economic and human challenges of a transforming era – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – November 18, 2024

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November 19, 2024

The ECB Blog – Mind the gap: what it takes to finance a greener future – November 12, 2024

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November 12, 2024

Our monetary path – Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – October 31, 2024

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October 31, 2024

ECB Press Conference – 17 October 2024 – 14:45

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October 17, 2024