The EU has large investment needs to meet its key priorities. Kalin Anev Janse and Roel Beetsma argue that a first step would be to use existing resources to finance European public goods that benefit all member states
Financing Europe’s future expenditures Read More »
The Inflation Reduction Act has sparked concern in the EU. Salvador Barrios, Jonathan Pycroft, Andrzej Stasio and Daniel Stöhlker argue that the EU’s own green funding initiatives can compete with the IRA
How EU funding programmes could counterbalance the US IRA Read More »
Age Bakker and Roel Beetsma provide concrete suggestions for the financial design and enforcement of an EU-wide investment fund
EU-wide investment conditional on adherence to fiscal-structural plans Read More »
In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen outlines the main priorities and flagship initiatives for the year to come, building on the EU’s successes and achievements of the past
The European Union: answering the call of history Read More »
The European Commission has proposed an important and ambitious overhaul of EU fiscal rules. Marco Buti, Jakob Friis and Roberta Torre respond to the criticism
A response to criticisms of proposals to overhaul the EU fiscal framework Read More »
Guido Lorenzoni, Francesco Giavazzi, Veronica Guerrieri and Leonardo D’Amico argue for a new system of fiscal rules that goes in the direction of a political and fiscal union
New EU fiscal rules and governance challenges Read More »
Rebecca Christie says Europe’s bond markets are essential infrastructure, just like the power grid
If it doesn’t trade, is it really marketable debt? Read More »
COVID-19 has led to EU governments borrowing at unprecedented levels. Mehmet Burak Turgut discusses the effects of the pandemic as well as relevant policy priorities
Public finances in the European Union Read More »
Europe successfully absorbed the shock of COVID-19. Christine Lagarde says the second wave presents new challenges and risks, but the blueprint for managing it is the same
Monetary policy in a pandemic emergency Read More »
Clemens Fuest and Jean Pisani-Ferry consider the EU budget, which has to be reassessed in light of the Next Generation EU programme
Financing the EU: new context, new responses Read More »
