In this episode of ECIPE's Global Economy Podcast, Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea delve into Europe's competitiveness challenges. They discuss the European Commission's Competitiveness Compass and...

In a recent article in the Financial Times, Mario Draghi argues that the EU’s level of trade openness is unusually high and, in effect, a problem. In his view, Europe’s openness results from...

Our Senior Economist, Oscar Guinea, talks with Pieter Garicano, author of Silicon Continent, about Europe's competitiveness and the recently released Competitiveness Compass proposal by the European...

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) was designed to promote competition in digital markets, particularly by preventing large technology firms from imposing anti-competitive business practices. However,...

The panel discussion "The Crucial Role of Cloud and AI Leadership to Drive Competitiveness in Europe," hosted in our office, provided a platform for experts to examine the vital role of cloud...

This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 24th of November 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. Following Donald Trump’s victory...

The stark disparity between the relatively low government revenue derived from corporate taxes and the substantial contributions from labour and consumption taxes in Germany underscores the need for...

The webinar "Competitive Harmonisation and the 28th Regime: Pathways for Europe to Effectively Improve Global Competitiveness" that we held on 30 October explored pivotal themes on EU...

When discussing the issue of Europe’s waning competitiveness, analysts are almost instinctively driven to turn to the US for solutions. Draghi’s report on the future of European competitiveness,...

The goal is to increase competitiveness, and for that, Europe needs to reduce the volume of regulation and improve its quality. This is one of the points emphasised by Mario Draghi, who on 9...