Insights (Filter: Single Market)
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A Global Agreement on Medical Equipment and Supplies to fight COVID-19
By: Oscar GuineaThe trade answer to the coronavirus crisis has been a mix of openness and protectionism. Countries have lowered import duties (examples here, here,...
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Call on European Parliament: Stop Freight Cabotage Restrictions and Save the Single Market
By: Matthias Bauer60 kilometres of traffic jams on the border between Poland and Germany. 20 hours waiting time due to vehicle inspections. Because of border controls,...
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A European Industrial Policy for Services: The Single Market
Industrial policy is back on the European agenda. Inside the European Commission headquarters, policy makers are fiercely discussing the instruments,...
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NGO Lobbying – How to Ensure Accountability and Transparency at the EU Level
On January 22, the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and ECIPE hosted a seminar on the accountability and transparency of the...
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4 Million Tonnes Additional CO2 due to Proposed EU Cabotage Laws in Mobility Package
By: Matthias BauerIn December 2019, after several years of curious negotiations, EU policymakers have agreed on a hazardous consensus on new rules for the EU’s...
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The Entrepreneurial Society – A Reform Strategy for the European Union
By: João CarvalhoOn November 26, Niklas Elert, an economics scholar at the Swedish Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) presented 'The Entrepreneurial...
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EU Freight Cabotage: Will France Manage to Kick Eastern Europe out of the EU’s Single Market?
By: Matthias BauerCurrent EU law severely restricts the transport of goods within a Member State by a truck operator from a foreign EU country. What is known as...
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Populist Rhetoric in the EU Debate Over Taxing Corporations
On October 14, ECIPE hosted a seminar on Europe’s tax competitiveness. The aim was to outline new evidence for tax policymakers, with a focus on...
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Plucking the Digital Goose
The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing This pearl of wisdom came from...
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The Free Flow of Non-Personal Data
Earlier this month MEPs voted to support the final text on the free flow of non-personal data across the European Union (EU). A vast majority of the...
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After Florence: a Step Forward, but Whose Turn to Go Next?
So where do matters stand with the UK-EU negotiations for an orderly separation or withdrawal agreement? Three major events – the Lancaster House...
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Brexit – the Trade Agenda: or Rights and Privileges that Will Be Lost and Will Have to Be Replaced*
By: Roderick AbbottThis note is written on the basis that exit from the EU entails some automatic loss of privileges, which can then be renegotiated with trade...