The European Commission’s latest budget proposal – including a new levy on large companies operating across the EU – is being spun as a contribution to “competitiveness” and “strategic...

The Internal Market began—and remains—a construct completed through dissension, rather than through an evolution of harmonious cooperation and compromises. Arguably, the Single Market was...

Over the past ten years, Serbia has emerged as the Western Balkans' top investment destination. Even more impressive is the variety of participants: although EU investors currently hold the bulk of...

This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 6th of July 2025. The original article can be found here. On 9 July – or maybe later who knows – Donald Trump is expected to...

On July 2, 2025, the European Commission released its Quantum Strategy, outlining the EU’s vision to secure a leading position in the global quantum race. The strategy emphasises quantum’s...

Different paradigms or mental models sometimes take hold of policymakers. In the field of AI, Europe has for the past years been beguiled by “regulation” – a model that is not just assumed to...

Something doesn’t add up. In Geneva, countries continue to profess undying commitment to the WTO. Meanwhile, their governments back home scramble for deals with Washington – deals which undermine...

Unresolved political economy contradictions are becoming more evident – between a national manufacturing narrative versus actual technology-led globalisation, balancing open trade versus...

For centuries, Europe has been politically fragmented. Counterintuitively, this fragmentation was a blessing, not a curse. The reason was that, unlike other absolute monarchs, such as Chinese...

Important policy shifts are sometimes buried deep in the weeds of academic and technocratic reports. Just some weeks ago, the European Commission published a new study of Third Party Litigation...