India has often been touted as the world’s largest democracy. As more than 900 million people went to vote in April the Indian electorate has chosen the right-wing Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for a...

We reach for historical images to make sense of our current times. Now that there is increasing competition between firms in the aerospace industry, we think about a time when the US and the USSR...

The political relations between the EU and China are deteriorating. They may not be on such a clear path towards fraction and decoupling as the US-China relation, but the writing is on the wall....

Every season is a time for reading but a long summer holiday is a particularly good time for relaxing with a good book. Here is a selection of books – some older, mostly newer ones – that ECIPE...

This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. For years, European citizens in general, and...

On May 14, 2024, together with Europe Unlocked, we organised a conference titled "Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing." The event, held in...

Image: Romeyn de Hooghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Mediterranean region may currently not be a central geography for EU trade policy. As the EU’s attention lies on issues such as...

*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Competitiveness concerns are back to the fore. The FT has...

*The views expressed herein are individual to the author and do not represent any official position European farmers have taken their tractors to the streets. Their list of complaints can be...

* Avertissement : les opinions exprimées ici sont celles de l'auteur et ne représentent pas une position officielle de la Commission européenne. CETA : des attentes à la réalité L’ALE...