European Commission

European Commission

European Commission

European Commission

3 January 2019

Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe: Assessing a High-Level Idea

By Francesco Filippucci

In January 2018 the European Commission issued an interesting discussion paper by Lieve Fransen, Gino del Bufalo and Edoardo Reviglio, which reported the considerations made by the High-Level Task Force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe, chaired by Romano Prodi and Christian Sautter.

15 June 2018

MFF – Proposal for a stronger Europe?

By Niccolo Donati

The European Commission proposed to substantially change the allocation of different spending priorities. In general, the EU budget will reinforce the existing thematic priorities in the field of research, environmental policies, youth policies, migration and borders, security and external action.

7 May 2018

Social policy in the European Union: from high hopes to high yields

By Bart Vanhercke and Sebastiano Sabato

A roadmap for the implementation of the Pillar should be tabled by the European Commission in the near future. Debates such as a Framework Directive on minimum income schemes or the setting-up of a common unemployment scheme could be relaunched. Furthermore, the commitment to fight poverty and social exclusion should be restated and concretised through more effective actions.

23 April 2018

The road to EU’s multiannual financial framework amidst Brexit and national tensions

By Niccolo Donati

The negotiations linked to the MFF are starting; the Commission has opted for a cautious approach, while Brexit has the potential to impact budgetary politics.

3 April 2018

Germany’s leadership role in the Eurozone revisited: past and present

By Siegfried Schieder and Claudia Guarneri

Notions such as ‘leadership’ or ‘hegemony’ suggest that without a strong Germany to enforce the Eurozone’s fiscal restrictions, the implementation of difficult albeit necessary structural reforms would not be successful at preserving the Euro. However, is it justified to view Germany as a leading power during the Eurozone crisis? Moreover, what does the new German government mean for the Eurozone’s ambitious plans for deeper economic integration?

16 January 2018

The Future of the ESM: Towards a Deeper Economic and Monetary Union?

By Federico Bruno

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is currently undertaking a process of reform. Although a broad consensus exists about the need to extend its functions and to turn it into a European Monetary Fund (EMF), the nature of its future tasks is far from uncontested.

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