Why Europe Needs an Industrial Policy for Services
Manufacturing can’t create jobs anymore. Services must step up—with smart policy to boost productivity.
Economy
Analysis and debate on the European economy: growth and investment, fiscal and monetary policy, trade, industry and inequality.
How to Control the Increase of Income Inequality Due to New Technologies?
New technologies drive inequality by concentrating capital income. Three policy approaches can help spread ownership and moderate disparities.
Europe Needs Active Demand Management, Not Business As Usual
Judith Kirton-Darling and Isabelle Barthès
As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand.
When Corporate Mergers Hurt Workers, Europe Must Act
Europe’s merger watchdogs generally ignore labour market impacts, but there is a possibility for change.
The ECB Must Embrace Europe’s Green Finance Rules To Secure Both Climate Goals And Financial Stability
Gaston Bronstering and David Barmes
Integrating sustainable finance standards into central bank operations would align market incentives and strengthen the eurozone’s climate resilience.
The EU’s Industrial Policy Needs Better Governance
Europe’s fragmented approach to industrial strategy undermines its ability to compete with China and the United States.
Europe’s Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today’s Grand Challenges
Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.
Industrial Policy Must Include Citizens And Workers
Europe’s twin transformation needs social conditionalities to prevent corporate capture and build democratic legitimacy.
Europe’s Green Jobs Crisis: Why Slow Decarbonisation Threatens Employment More Than Climate Action
Lagging investment in clean technologies poses a greater risk to European jobs than the green transition itself.
Europe’s Critical Raw Materials Strategy Demands Equitable Global Partnerships
Bernhard Tröster, Simela Papatheophilou and Karin Küblböck
The EU’s industrial ambitions hinge on transforming extractive relationships into sustainable partnerships with resource-rich nations.
Europe’s Quest for Technological Sovereignty: A Feasible Path Amidst Global Rivalries
Christian Reiner and Roman Stöllinger
The European Union must pursue robust industrial policies to counter technological dependencies and safeguard its future prosperity and stability.
A Progressive Industrial Policy for the Global South: A Latin American Perspective
José Miguel Ahumada and Fernando Sossdorf
The Global South must redefine industrial policy to build new productive capabilities and address escalating global challenges.
Europe’s Green Transition: A Fund Under Pressure
Valeria Cirillo, Marialuisa Divella, Lidia Greco and Eustachio Ferrulli
The EU’s flagship Just Transition Fund, designed to mitigate social inequalities, faces significant challenges in achieving its ambitious goals.
The ECB’s Strategic Review: A Betrayal of Europe’s Workers
The European Central Bank’s latest strategic assessment ignores critical lessons, perpetuating a harmful economic myth and undermining labour’s vital role.
When Ideology Trumps Economic Interests
The fall of Biden’s green subsidies reveals ideology, not economics, as the true force in US politics.
Why European Security and Sovereignty Depend on Its Digital Sector
Mario Draghi’s vision for Europe demands more than investment—it calls for digital sovereignty, state capacity, and strategic power.