CEPS In Brief

The impacts of lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 outbreak have been asymmetric across different economic sectors, depending on the…

Lockdowns are not the only way to control a pandemic. Keeping open the restaurant and retail sector increases the risk…

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused widespread concern about debt unsustainability in both developed and emerging economies. To address this challenge,…

Concluding the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment would mean cementing a trade relationship on a level playing field between two of the…

The Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery response to the Covid-19 crisis, one of the most ambitious EU integration projects so…

Both the European Commission and European Parliament now support raising the EU’s emissions reduction target for 2030, although they do…

A low-carbon EU economy with a fully decarbonised power sector at its core will require huge volumes of low-carbon electricity,…

The recent fall in both headline and core inflation in the euro area has increased pressure on the European Central…

Is it possible to accelerate public investment without increasing national taxes or public debt? The authors of this piece believe…

The EU has been struggling to integrate its capital markets for decades. Despite the broad public support shown for a…

History has shown that rogue leaders only understand the language of diplomacy when it is backed by force. With the…

After a demanding but successful first year in office, President von der Leyen now faces the daunting task of adapting…