Feb 1, 2021 · Founded in Brussels in 1983, CEPS is a leading think tank and forum for debate on EU affairs, with an exceptionally strong in-house research capacity and an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world.

Apr 11, 2024 · As 2024 dawns, the European Union stands amidst a confluence of crises, each with the potential to reshape the continent’s fate. The year teems with challenges: the ongoing war in Ukraine, escalating tensions in the Middle East, a potential economic downturn in the Member States, farmers demonstrating in many European capitals, and the complex dance of EU enlargement and institutional reforms.

Cybersecurity@CEPS SUMMIT 2024 New wine in new bottles: what’s next for Europe’s Cybersecurity Agenda? Ursula von der Leyen, in the Political Guidelines of the new Commission, stated that ‘[o]ur focus must now be on implementing what we have agreed [over the last five years], working closely with all stakeholders and focusing on our big challenges.’

In the 2024-2029 institutional cycle, the EU will roll out a new plan to support sustainable competitiveness while meeting its climate ambitions. Which will be the key priorities in the climate policy domain? How can we avoid that the EU loses its competitive edge in green technologies? What lessons can be drawn from COP29? In

Sep 17, 2024 · A comprehensive review of the financial services landscape is necessary for the EU to address structural inefficiencies, ensure market dynamism and support long-term economic growth. The report emphasises that while Europe’s financial system has expanded in size and complexity, and there have been efforts to diversify and integrate financial markets, progress remains uneven, with fragmented

Last year’s celebration of 30 years of the single market never gave equal attention to the failures of the ‘not-so-single market’. Empowering the single market is badly needed due to its many shortcomings, its many barriers (more than often assumed), various taboos and lingering distortions. If empowered with a medium-term programme, led by the European

On 9 September 2024, Mario Draghi, the former Italian prime minister and former President of the European Central Bank, presented his long-awaited report on the EU economy and EU competitiveness. This is an immense report, 400 pages in total, containing a myriad of proposals to reform and rejuvenate a stagnant and sluggish EU economy, an

Dec 9, 2024 · As the EU grapples with successive crises, there is mounting pressure to develop swift and robust crisis response mechanisms. This study, divided into two parts, aims to enrich this discourse by examining four instruments – SURE, CRII, CRII+ and REACT-EU – introduced as a response to the pandemic. Building on Part 1, which draws lessons

Oct 24, 2024 · Industrial policy is once again in vogue in public policy circles around the world. Yet it is crucial to ensure coherence between place-based innovation and EU industrial policy. For doing so, this contribution proposes a

Who we are Founded in Brussels in 1983, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) is a leading think tank and forum for debate on EU affairs, ranking among the top think tanks in Europe. With an exceptionally strong in-house research capacity and an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world, CEPS has amply demonstrated