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This is a summary of a discussion that took place at the ECIPE and Microsoft Seminar, on October 15th 2018 in Brussels.  The growth of the digital economy has clearly benefited Europe...

When announcing his “Better Plan for Brexit” in The Daily Telegraph, Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson observed “that the one size fits all EU model of regulation—according to the...

What are the key areas for digital change in the near future? And how can Europe make greater progress towards creating a Digital Single Market? These were the key questions covered by a high-level...

* This blog is written together with Janez Kren, PhD candidate at the University of Leuven, who is a co-author of one of the studies presented below. Policymakers today have the difficult...

Philip Stevens is executive director of Geneva Network, a UK-based research organisation working on international innovation and trade policy. Over the summer, the European Commission (EC)...

The Members of European Parliament voted for the local content quotas on online media platforms. But, did Europe have this quota when its culture was prosperous, like during the Renaissance? The...

Lucian Cernat*, Chief Trade Economist, European Commission A recent LSE blog points out that economists, unlike other social scientists, are bad communicators. That's probably true. Although,...

The recent anti-free trade campaigns are one example of a changing political environment. By trying to block the CETA and TTIP negotiations, NGOs and citizens’ initiatives have now become part of...

In a time of rising protectionism and emerging trade wars, it is crucial that supporters of free trade raise their voices. We need to create a new narrative that addresses concerns and makes our case...

Are the EU’s institutions superior to national administrations in formulating policies on the basis of data, facts and empirical evidence? Or are they equally prone to ideological impulses and...