Insights (Filter: Single Market)
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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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Europe’s 28th Regime: Fixing the Single Market — or Reinventing Its Complexity?
By: Matthias BauerEurope should approach the fashionable idea of a “28th regime” with clear eyes. A new legal framework will not by itself improve the Single...
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Nicotine Lawfare: Sweden and Spain’s Options in Settling the Dispute Over Novel Products
The Internal Market began—and remains—a construct completed through dissension, rather than through an evolution of harmonious cooperation and...
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Webinar Summary: The Letta Report and How to Align Ideals and Action in Europe’s Single Market
Our webinar “The Letta Report and How to Align Ideals and Action in Europe’s Single Market”, held on 9th July 2024, convened experts to discuss...
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Jacques Delors’ Contributions Were Immense
With the passing of Jacques Delors last month (27 December) Europe has lost one of its great statesman. It is difficult to overstate the contribution...
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The Critical Importance of the Single Market for Europe’s Global Trade Performance
By: Lucian CernatThe Single Market just turned 30. It is one of the EU’s greatest achievements and the success of the Single Market is built on the fundamental...
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European Strategic Autonomy – Aim or Bane for Our Generation?
By: Matthias BauerIn September 2020, European Council President Charles Michel delivered a long speech on Europe’s “strategic autonomy, sovereignty, and power”....
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European Strategic Autonomy – What Role for Europe’s Fragmented Single Market?
By: Matthias Bauer30 years after the establishment of the European Single Market, regulatory convergence reversed or came to a halt in the EU. This lack of integration...
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The L’Oréal Principle: How the EU Leverages Its Single Market for Its Trade Policy Objectives
Products of the skincare company L’Oréal have been marketed over the years using the self-reassuring tag line “because you’re worth it”. The...
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The Role of Intellectual Property for the Single Market and SMEs
By: Fredrik ErixonThere is an intimate relation between the single market and intellectual property (IP) in that they both rely fundamentally on economies of...
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New Report Questioning Political Logic and Economic Assessment Behind EU DMA Proposal
By: Matthias BauerLast week, the US government distributed an eight-point policy paper calling on the EU to reconsider its proposed Digital Market Act (DMA). The...
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‘Urgent Need to Review the Mobility Package 1 Proposals’ Says EU Transport Sector
By: Natalia MacyraThe European Parliament Transport Committee continues working on the Mobility Package 1 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis that led to...