Insights (Filter: European Commission)
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Fake News and How to Use Twitter in a Meaningful Way for Policy Debates: Lessons from the European Commission’s “Digital Tax” Campaign
By: Matthias BauerAre the EU’s institutions superior to national administrations in formulating policies on the basis of data, facts and empirical evidence? Or are...
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The Juncker Gambit
By: Fredrik ErixonJuncker is taking a gamble. Creating this new investment fund was a signature promise to voters in the European election, and now he is putting a...
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The Politics of TTIP – What are the Key Controversies, How to Address Them?
The recent conference organised by ECIPE on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that the EU and the US are currently...
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Cracking the Mainstream Notion of Fiscal Competition
Tags: European Commissionby Maria Salfi (Intern at ECIPE) There is a general widespread notion within the European Union that a lower corporate tax rate can harm...
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East African Community and the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement: Do African Countries Suffer from the Victim Complex?
By Maria Salfi (Intern at ECIPE) A week has passed and the deadline to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) missed. African countries are...
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#ECIPEdebates: Will Malmström Change the Course of EU Trade Policy?
Following the nomination of Cecilia Malmström as the new European Commissioner for Trade, ECIPE asked its Twitter followers whether the new...
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Barroso’s Faustian Bargain
Tags: European CommissionBy: Fredrik ErixonExpectations run high as José Manuel Barroso took the floor in the European Parliament last week to give his annual State-of-the-Union address,...