Eu governance

Is Europe saving away its future?

The Crisis affected public spending. Research and innovation is one area often highlighted as needing protection. This column does not find strong evi

EU to DO 2015-2019

Memos to the new EU leadership.

Juncker’s new start for Europe

Last week, President Elect Jean-Claude Juncker published his agenda for Europe. To inform the policy debate, we would like to highlight and summa

The great transformation: Memo to the incoming EU Presidents

This memo is addressed to the incoming Presidents of the European institutions. It is the first in a series of memos to the new European leadership to

#EU2DO for the new European Presidents

Comfortably numb: ESM direct recapitalization

On one hand, the crises has eased over these two years, and the sense of urgency for this instrument in the eyes of both policy makers, markets and ex

A strategy for the Italian presidency of the EU

Undercutting the future? European research spending in times of fiscal consolidation

Are R&D budgets being smartly used to address growth? How is the crisis affecting public Research & Development budgets across the EU?

Giuseppe Porcaro appointed Head of Communications

He joins Bruegel after completing his mandate as Secretary General of the European Youth Forum for the past five years.

Bruegel awarded five stars for transparency

Bruegel has been rated as one of the most transparent think tanks worldwide and in Europe, achieving five stars for its detailed disclosure of fu

The threat of low inflation in the eurozone

The European Parliament improves banking union

After a round of negotiation which lasted a full 16 hours, the Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the proposed Single Resol

Bruegel appoints new Board

In a General Assembly of the Brussels-based economics think tank Bruegel on February 24th, members approved a new Board. Jean-Claude Trichet was again

Policy complacency is the greatest threat to euro area growth

On 25 February 2014, the European Commission released its Winter 2014 Forecast document. After a double-dip recession and two consecutive ye

The troika and financial assistance in the euro area

The Troika and financial assistance in the euro area: successes and failures

This study was presented to the ECON committee of the European Parliament.It provides a systematic evaluation of financial assistance for Greece, Irel