Thinking Ahead for Europe

CEPS Task Forces

Providing perspectives for upcoming policy challenges

01 May 2025 - 31 Oct 2025

A comprehensive review of the EU’s financial rulemaking process is urgently needed. The framework, originally designed under the Lamfalussy procedure,…

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01 Apr 2025 - 30 Nov 2025

On 7 June 2024, the United Nations announced that 2025 would be recognised as the International Year of Quantum Science…

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01 Jun 2025 - 30 Nov 2025

Besides opening up significant opportunities, the future use of AI is also going to cause harm. While the EU has…

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01 Sep 2025 - 03 Mar 2026

Europe stands at a critical juncture in its security and defence trajectory. The geopolitical environment has grown significantly more volatile,…

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01 Nov 2025 - 31 Mar 2026

Europe’s digital rulebook has expanded dramatically, with the number of EU laws related to digitalisation more than quadrupling in the…

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15 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2026

Ukraine’s agricultural sector has long been a cornerstone of its economy and a key player in both European and global…

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01 Apr 2025 - 30 Sep 2025

Europe used to be a significant force in the club of global space powers but has seen its influence wane…

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27 Sep 2024 - 31 Mar 2025

EU payment markets have dramatically evolved in the last few decades. Having initially only relied on cash, payments have seen…

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01 Sep 2024 - 01 Jan 2025

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES Global Gateway is (or rather should be) a geostrategic tool to establish eye-to-eye partnership with countries, leveraging…

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01 Sep 2023 - 30 Apr 2024

Financial markets have been the object of heavy regulatory activity over the last 15 years. From crisis response, the start…

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07 Dec 2023 - 04 Mar 2024

A large-scale US intelligence surveillance scandal (PRISM and UPSTREAM) was unveiled by Edward Snowden in 2013. The US authorities were…

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