Publications
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Transposing the Platform Work Directive: Comparative Assessment and Good Practices
Digital labour platforms are an increasingly important way of organising work across the European Union (EU), connecting consumers and businesses...
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Cloud Sovereignty and the Single Market: A Better Understanding of Government Procurement and National Cloud Technology Preferences
Europe is right to pursue better digital sovereignty, but the ambition is marked by a conceptual ambiguity. “Sovereignty” is often used to...
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The Real-World Economic Impact of the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA): What CADA Could Mean for Cloud Prices, Migration, Digitalisation and Europe’s Technology Supply Chain
By: Matthias BauerThe Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) would create a common EU framework for deciding when public authorities, and potentially private...
Latest Insights
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Back to the Future: Competing to Avoid the Economic Dependencies of the Past
By: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 18th of October 2026. The original article can be found here. Economic dependence...
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Customs Policy and Trade Defence: When Supply Chain Decisions Become Tax Avoidance
By: Guest AuthorDr Anna Jerzewska, founder of Trade & Borders International trade is changing, and the EU, like every other major economy, is grappling with how...
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Postcards from Cambridge, MA: Canada’s European Turn Is About More Than Trade
As part of my fellowship at Harvard University's Weatherhead Centre this year, I am starting a series of blogs reflecting on current developments in...
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Why China Cannot Escape the Economics of Self-Sufficiency
China’s aim for greater self-reliance is becoming increasingly credible. Beijing’s new five-year plan doubles down on technological self-reliance...
Latest Podcasts
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EPISODE
Episode 129: The October European Council and EU Enlargement: Business as Usual? with Frauke Seebass
In this episode, Philipp Lamprecht hosts a conversation with Frauke Seebass, member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, on the outcome of the European Council of 15–16 October 2026 for EU enlargement. … <a href="https://ecipe.org/podcast/episode-129/">Continued</a>
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Episode 128: Future-Proof or Future-Trapped? The DMA Meets Generative AI with Thibault Schrepel and Dyuti Pandya
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon hosts a conversation on how the EU’s Digital Markets Act is being tested by the rapid development of generative and agentic AI. He is joined by legal scholar Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law at … <a href="https://ecipe.org/podcast/episode-128/">Continued</a>
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Episode 127: The EU Fight Over Gatekeepers – Sovereignty and Innovation in the Cloud with Kay Jebelli
In this episode, Matthias Bauer speaks with Kay Jebelli (Kayvan Hazemi Jebelli), Vice President for Europe at the Chamber of Progress, about the real-world impact of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its controversial expansion into next-generation enterprise cloud … <a href="https://ecipe.org/podcast/episode-127/">Continued</a>
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Episode 126: Unlocking Adoption – How Labour Markets Shape Europe’s Tech Future with Erik Canton
In this episode, Erik van der Marel speaks with Erik Canton, Deputy Chief Economist at DG Research and Innovation and Deputy Head of Unit for Common Research and Innovation Strategy & Foresight Service at the European Commission, about the often … <a href="https://ecipe.org/podcast/episode-126/">Continued</a>