Insights (Filter: competitiveness)
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Summer Reading List 2026
By: Dyuti PandyaThe rising temperatures may have told us that summer arrived some time ago, but the holiday season is now just around the corner – bringing with it...
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Taxing Silicon Valley – or Taxing France?
By: Matthias BauerFew policies better illustrate the gap between political rhetoric and economic reality than France's digital services tax. Marketed as an exercise in...
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Another Attack on Europe’s Single Market
By: Matthias BauerGermany's Uber Ruling Shows Why Regulatory Protectionism Endures Europe's leaders cannot stop talking about competitiveness. Every European Council...
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Restoring Europe’s Industrial Competitiveness Starts with Tax Reform
Europe will not restore its industrial competitiveness through additional funds, strategies, or policy frameworks. It will do so when firms –...
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Europe’s “EU Inc.” Is a Step Forward – And a Foundation for More Ambitious 28th Regimes
By: Matthias BauerEurope has finally taken a meaningful step towards a 28th regime – but not yet the 28th regime Europe actually needs. The European Commission’s...
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Europe Talks Competitiveness – Germany Shows Why It Struggles to Deliver It
By: Matthias BauerEurope's competitiveness problem is not a lack of strategies, reports, or political ambition. It is a growing willingness to weaken market discipline...
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Getting Back to the Core “Draghi” Problem: Improving Europe’s Innovation and Technology Performance
When Mario Draghi published his report on the Future of European Competitiveness in September 2024, one observation stood out above all others:...
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Europe’s Industrial Accelerator Act Is an Accelerator – For Bureaucracy
By: Matthias BauerEuropean policymakers say they want competitiveness. They say they want simplification. They say they want to revive Europe’s industrial base in a...
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Europe’s Innovation Gap: Five Charts and Five Takeaways for an Evidence-Based Debate
By: Andrea DugoRivers of ink have been spilled in recent years on Europe’s stagnating innovation performance and declining competitiveness. The Draghi report is...
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The Draghi Report Turns One Today. Yet It Is Still More Crawling Than Walking.
By: Andrea DugoAt one year old, most babies begin to stand on their own feet. Some walk, others wobble, but all start exploring the world under their own strength....
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Real-Geopolitik: The Competitiveness Diagnosis Europe Cannot Ignore
By: Bruno CapuzziA few days after the publication of a Joint Statement and the details of the EU-US trade deal, European leaders were taken by surprise by another...
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Six Months into the Second von der Leyen Commission – Where are the Policies for Long-Run Economic Growth?
By: Fredrik ErixonThere are different ways to think about the economy. Economic reality will routinely present any policymaker with challenges that require actions in...