How demographic change will hit debt sustainability in European Union countries
The European Union faces a dramatic demographic problem in the decades ahead
Has Hungarian obstructionism triggered greater EU fiscal integration?
Viktor Orban, by delaying EU aid to Ukraine, may have inadvertently helped make the case for more EU fiscal federalism
Simplifying EU law: a cumbersome task with mixed results
The volume and complexity of EU laws continue to increase despite measures taken in previous mandates to make existing legislation less burdensome
A circular single market for sustainable competitiveness
The Draghi report’s focus on critical raw materials misses the contribution of resource efficiency to productivity
The three pillars of effective European Union competition policy
This Policy Brief clarifies the relationship between competition and industrial policy, and shows that there is in fact no tension
Memos to the European Union leadership 2024-2029
Explore Bruegel's memos to the new European Union leadership, which are traditionally published every five years, after the European elections.
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Europe’s Banking union at ten: unfinished yet transformative
Nicolas Véron offers the first comprehensive exploration of the genesis, implementation and possible future completion of the banking union
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China
Bruegel regularly publishes research on China's relationship with the EU and the wider world
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The changing dynamics of European electricity markets and the supply-demand mismatch risk
This paper discusses the balance between efficient electricity system operation, investment incentives and social fairness
How to finance the European Union’s building decarbonisation plan
This policy brief discusses the challenges of meeting EPBD targets and introducing ETS2 smoothly
The economic case for climate finance at scale
This policy brief examines the economic case for advanced-country financial support for replacement of coal with renewable energy sources in EMDEs
EU securitisation push needs markets, not housing guarantees
Scale and liquidity are two challenges that remain in the pursuit of EU securitisation
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Elections 2024
Bruegel has been following economic developments resulting from this year's elections within the EU and further afield
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