Publications

This policy brief discusses the proposed EU banking legislation which would implement the Basel III standards into EU law. Among other things, the proposal increases the quality and quantity of the mi...chevron_right

This note talks about a draft of Solvency II from October 2011, the European Union’s code for regulation of the insurance industry. The authors argue that the proposal needs to be redrafted, provides ...chevron_right

The author of this commentary argue that Eurozone authorities need to move banking supervision rapidly to the European Central Bank, using an existing EU Treaty article as justification. This will giv...chevron_right

The opportunities for institutional advancement in the EU created by the dismal management of the Eurozone crisis may well include the establishment of a banking union. The debate on this topic, howev...chevron_right

The authors of this commentary argue that the Spanish banks’ need for capital can only be provided by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Given that the Greek government in any event is in no posi...chevron_right

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) represents nearly 40% of the EU budget and remains a highly controversial policy. This sizeable slice of the budget remains largely untargeted and inequalities in ...chevron_right

This commentary argues that the plans to create a political union to support the euro with a common fiscal policy cannot work as long as EU member countries remain both democratic and sovereign.chevron_right

The euro crisis has placed a spotlight on the institutional system of the Lisbon Treaty for the management of fiscal and monetary policy. The European Council has been the true decision-making center ...chevron_right

This commentary argues that the immediate consequence of the eurozone crisis is the degradation of the reputation of the European Union as a whole on two accounts. The fact that the management of the ...chevron_right

This commentary examines how much Greece’s creditors would lose if the country were to exit the eurozone. It states that the assumption that an exit would be followed by a default because the new curr...chevron_right

This paper looks at labor market functioning of the European member and candidate states through the introduction of labor supply curves in an applied general equilibrium model. It outlines the theore...chevron_right

This paper discusses the key findings and practical implications of a series of interviews and focus groups carried out with young Russian professionals about Russia’s current foreign policies. The ri...chevron_right

In their assessment of the proposed European Endowment for Democracy (EED), the authors conclude that an instrument along the lines envisaged could and should take on the challenge to make the EU a tr...chevron_right

This brief discusses the main elements of a policy response to the eurozone crisis, which the author contends would be capable of reassuring financial markets and public opinion. The policy package co...chevron_right

This paper brings together contributions from a cross-section of EU member states and the Gallup World Poll survey on the question of how Germany is being viewed at this time of economic and politic...chevron_right