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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 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) funded by the EU. The...
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4 Million Tonnes Additional CO2 due to Proposed EU Cabotage Laws in Mobility Package
In December 2019, after several years of curious negotiations, EU policymakers have agreed on a hazardous consensus on new rules for the EU’s CO2-intensive road freight transport sector. The...
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The Entrepreneurial Society – A Reform Strategy for the European Union
On November 26, Niklas Elert, an economics scholar at the Swedish Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) presented 'The Entrepreneurial Society – A Reform Strategy for the European...
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UK Election 2019 – What it Means for Brexit and Future UK-EU Relations
Introduction The result of the UK General Election means that the UK will leave the EU at the end of January 2020, ending at least four years of uncertainty on that particular question. The wider...
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Three challenges for the new EU Trade Commissioner
Now that he took office, no shortage of work awaits Mr Hogan, the new EU Trade Commissioner. We review some of his key challenges. ‘I always seem to inherit a job when things are not going too...
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EU Freight Cabotage: Will France Manage to Kick Eastern Europe out of the EU’s Single Market?
Current 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 ‘cabotage regulations’ mandates foreign truck...
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Carbon border measures
Sandra Parthie, Head of Brussels Office at IW Köln, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft There seems to be renewed political appetite for a carbon border tax, judging from the political...
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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 the characteristics of national tax systems and...
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Bureaucracy implanted in EU Trade Agreements: Time for EU trade policy to act on low-hanging fruit
The use of EU free trade agreements by European exporters, particularly SMEs, is significantly restricted by excessive administrative requirements. A recent analysis by the Association of German...
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Three Ideas on Digitalisation for Thierry Breton to Win Over the Parliament
1. Europe’s industrial policy is the tool to achieve a Digital Europe From agriculture to manufacturing; from textiles to IT; from bricks and mortar to ones and zeroes: industrial policy can be...