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‘Urgent Need to Review the Mobility Package 1 proposals’ says EU transport sector
The European Parliament Transport Committee continues working on the Mobility Package 1 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis that led to confinement measures introduced by many European...
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Episode 25: The necessary steps in International Trade and the Single Market with Anna Stellinger
Fredrik Erixon talks to Anna Stellinger, the Deputy Director General at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise responsible for International and EU Affairs. They discuss trade and border issues...
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A Global Agreement on Medical Equipment and Supplies to fight COVID-19
The trade answer to the coronavirus crisis has been a mix of openness and protectionism. Countries have lowered import duties (examples here, here, and here), imposed export restrictions (here and...
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Call on European Parliament: Stop Freight Cabotage Restrictions and Save the Single Market
60 kilometres of traffic jams on the border between Poland and Germany. 20 hours waiting time due to vehicle inspections. Because of border controls, international freight traffic between Western and...
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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, sectors, and ways of funding for a new European...
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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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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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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...