Thinking ahead for Europe

CEPS Expert commentaries

Our expert commentaries offer timely and succinct analysis of current events and opinion on the key developments in Europe

29 Oct 2025

Taboos and negativity have long surrounded Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), meaning it’s often seen as a policy failure. This…

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27 Oct 2025

With significant skills shortages in many advanced sectors of the economy, the competition to attract top talent has reached unprecedented…

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24 Oct 2025

Buildings are responsible for about 40 % of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions and about a third of its waste…

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22 Oct 2025

The Paris Agreement builds on the assumption that countries can move at different speeds along different paths yet ultimately arrive…

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21 Oct 2025

Achieving a coherent policy mix – meaning a set of different policies that are synergetic and don’t conflict with each…

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