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The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is an independent policy research institute dedicated to producing sound policy research leading to constructive solutions to the challenges facing Europe today. The CEPS Policy Briefs provide brief analyses of current European public policy questions.

Publishers: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Publications: Democracy After the European Parliament Elections
Brexit and the Treatment of EU Citizens by the UK Home Office
US Sanctions: No Conflict, No Nordstream Threat – An Opportunity for Greater EU-US Cooperation
Reflections on Brexit and Its Implications for Ireland
Trump´s Travel Bans: Harvesting Personal Data and Requiem for the EU-US Privacy Shield
Turkey and the Codification of Autocracy
After the UK´s Brexit White Paper – What´s the Next Move towards a CFTA?
A Radical Cure for Italy´s Banking Problems: A Combination of Good Banks and Soft Bail-In
The Impact of Brexit on the EU Budget: A Non-catastrophic Event
EU Financial Market after Brexit
The EBA EU-wide Stress Test 2016: Deciphering the Black Box
The EU’s Self-Defeating Aid Policy towards Palestine
How to Boost EU–India Relations
A Stable Libya Would Close the Door to Daesh
The 2015 Refugee Crisis in the European Union
No Move without Free Movement: EU-Swiss Controversy over Qoutas for Free Movement of Persons
The EU and Azerbaijan: Game on for a More Normative Policy?
Labour Mobility in Europe: An Untapped Resource?
Investment as the Key to Recovery in the Euro Area
Was the ECB’s Comprehensive Assessment Up to Standard?
The EU’s Enlargement Agenda
The Review of the Europe 2020 Strategy: From Austerity to Prosperity?
Does ASEM Work?
Flexibility Clauses in the Stability and Growth Pact
Bail-in Provisions in State Aid and Resolution Procedures
EU-Turkey Relations: Turning Vicious Circles into Virtuous Ones
Next Steps Toward a Final Deal with Iran
Falling Short of Expectations?
Paving the Way for Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Southern Mediterranean
Why so Few Students do Maths and Science
Many Worlds of the ‘Low-skilled’, but Only One Generic Policy
The Asset Quality Review and Capital Needs
Net Neutrality and Mandatory Network-Sharing
The Governance Gap in European Security and Defence
Policy Lessons for Macroeconomic and Financial Crisis Management in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
REACH: A Killer Whale for SMEs?
Unblocking the Lifeline of Talent
Strong Governments, Weak Banks
The New European Framework for Managing Bank Crises
Rule of Law or Rule of Thumb? A New Copenhagen Mechanism for the EU
Financial Services and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure and Germany
Towards ‘EuroNest 2.0’: What Should the Next European Parliament Learn From Its Predecessor?
Macedonia: A Country in Crisis
Armaments Duplication in Europe: A Quantitative Assessment
Deploying the Energy Incentive: Reinforcing EU Integration in South-East Europe
A Copernican Turn in Banking Union Urgently Needed
The Opportunity Costs of STEM Degrees and the Unmet Needs of the Low-Skilled
Unemployment is the Scourge, Not Youth Unemployment Per Se
Open Season for Data Fishing on the Web
E3+3 Coercive Diplomacy Towards Iran
A Viable Alternative to Basel III Prudential Capital Rules
A Copernican Turn for Banking Union
Principles of a Two-Tier European Deposit (Re-)Insurance System
Banking Union with a Sovereign Virus
The New Financial Regulatory Paradigm
Monetary Policy and Banking Supervision
Commission v Gazprom: The Antitrust Clash of the Decade?
Unleashing Competition in EU Business Services
Banking Union: A Federal Model for the European Union with Prompt Corrective Action
The EU’s Promotion of External Democracy
A European Deposit Insurance and Resolution Fund
A Sovereign Wealth Fund to Lift Germany’s Curse of Excess Savings
Can Italy and Spain Survive Rates of 6-7%?
Unholy Compromise in the Eurozone and How to Right It
Pre-empting Technical Barriers in the Single Market
Central Banks in Times of Crisis: The FED vs the ECB
Implementing Basel III in Europe: Diagnosis and Avenues for Improvement
An Agenda for the European Council
Moving the EU from a Laggard to a Leader in Democracy Assistance
'Grexit': Who Would Pay for It?
Europe's Recurrent Employment Problems
How to Negotiate under Co-decision in the EU
The Euro Crisis: Implications for the Internal Market and Harmonisation of Corporate Taxes
In Search of Symmetry in the Eurozone
The Spanish Hangover
Macroeconomic Imbalances in the Euro Area
Stepping up Growth Policies
Liquidity in Times of Crisis: Even the ESM Needs It
Renewables and the EU Internal Electricity Market
Sector-Specific Activities as the Driving Force Towards a Low-Carbon Economy
Time for a Common European Effort on Raw Materials
Misguided Policies Risk Breaking up the Eurozone and the EU
Agreement Needed on Liquidity Provision to Restore Confidence in the Eurozone
Speculative Attacks Within or Outside a Monetary Union
EU Federalism in Crisis
A Call to Members of the European Parliament
US Climate Change Policy Efforts
How Should Support for Climate-Friendly Technologies be Designed?
Spanish Constitutional Reform
Partial Sovereign Bond Insurance by the Eurozone
The Eurozone Debt Crisis: From its Origins to a Way Forward
Only a More Active ECB Can Solve the Euro Crisis
Britain, Ireland and Schengen
Target2 Unlimited
The General Affairs Council
Space Observation Systems
The EU-Russia Summit in Nizhny Novgorod
External Versus Domestic Debt in the Euro Crisis
A New Framework for Euro-Med Cooperation on Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Support
Lobbying the European Parliament: A Necessary Evil
The EU's Response to the Financial Crisis
Can the Eurozone Countries Still Live Together Happily Ever After?
Restoring Financial Stability in the Euro Area
Spillovers from the Arab Revolts
On the Tasks of the European Stability Mechanism
The Case for 'More Single Market'
Debt Reduction Without Default?
How to Assess a Rotating Presidency of the Council Under New Lisbon Rules
Single eComms Market? No Such Thing…
A Less Punishing, More Forgiving Approach to the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone
The EU Should Not Shy Away from Setting CO2-related Targets for Transport
A Renewed Political Deal for Sustainable Growth Within the Eurozone and the EU
The Transformational Impact of EMU and the Global Financial Crisis
Europe's Coal Supply Security
Security of Europe's Gas Supply
Geopolitical Threats to Oil and the Functioning of the International Oil Market
Europe's Gas Supply Security
The Bosnian Hiatus
Unearthing China's Rare Earths Strategy
The European Council Summit and the Political Economics of the EMU Crisis
From Lisbon to Deauville
How to Change the EU Treaties
What Kind of Governance for the Eurozone?
Fiscal Policy Coordination and Competitiveness Surveillance
Looking Afresh at the External Representation of the EU in the International Arena, Post-Lisbon
Europe 2020 and the Financial System
Shale Fever: Replicating the US Gas Revolution in the EU?
How to Deal With Sovereign Default in Europe
From National to European Regulation
Lessons from the Asian Monetary Fund for the European Monetary Fund
Single Voice, Single Chair?
Understanding India's Climate Agenda
On Thin Ice? (Mis)interpreting Russian Policy in the High North
Crisis in the Eurozone and How to Deal With It
The Taxation of Multinational Enterprises in the European Union
Towards a Euro(pean) Monetary Fund
The Impact of the Crisis on the Real Economy
Two New Leaders in Search of a Job Description
Re-setting the Eastern Partnership in Moldova
Is REACH Going Well?
The Treaty of Lisbon and the Czech Constitutional Court
Towards the Next Phase of the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Road Ahead After de Larosière
Why Europe Will Suffer More
Time for Action: Immediate Priorities for the Next European Commission
Russian Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis
A New Two-Pillar Strategy for the ECB
The Financing of the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF)
Global Imbalances and the Accumulation of Risk
Reaching the 2°C Target
National and EU-Level Estimates of Energy Supply Externalities
Moldova's 'Wannabe Democracy' is Worth Rescuing
Estimating Historical Energy Security Costs
Learning from the Crisis: A Market Approach to Securing European Natural Gas Supplies
Sustainable and Adequate Pensions
The Case for a Gas Transit Consortium in Ukraine
On the Way to Copenhagen via Poznań
The Banking Crisis
Climate Governance Post-2012: Options for EU Policy-Making
Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty: Quo Vadis?
Recalibrating EU Policy Towards the Western Balkans
The Demonstration Phase for Carbon Capture and Storage
Ten Recommendations on Freedom, Security and Justice for the European Parliament Elections
The French Presidency’s European Pact on Immigration and Asylum
Closing the Community Deficit in the EU
Should Central Banks Target Stock Prices
Al Qaeda in the West as a Youth Movement
Post-Mortem on Europe's First War of the 21st Century
Essential Steps for the European Union After the
Is Social Europe Fit for Globalisation?
The Future of European Electricity
What Next? How to Save the Treaty of Lisbon
Is the League of Democracies a Bad Idea?
Adaptation to Climate Change
Time to Think of a Strategic Bargain with Russia
A New Budget for the European Union?
Checks and Balances: Dividing the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security in Two, an Interior and a Justice Branch
Iceland on the Brink?
What Future for the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice?
Making Sense of Sarkozy's Union for the Mediterranean
The Commission's New Border Package
What Lessons Can Be Learned From the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?
The EU's Limited Response to Belarus' Pseudo
What Do We Know About the Economics of Adaptation?
Adaptation and Mainstreamnig of EU Climate Change Policy
The New EU Strategy Towards Central Asia
The Treaty of Lisbon – How Much
EU Policy on Labour Migration
The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
Kosovo and the Principles of Just Secession
Kosovo Merits
The EU Reform Treaty & the Competition Protocol
The Reform Treaty & Justice and Home Affairs
An EU Framework on Sanctions Against Employers of Irregular Immigrants
Security Challenges in Central Asia: Implications for the EU's Engagement Strategy
The EU and Uzbekistan: Where to Go from Here?
Decentralisation of Serbia: The Minority Dimension
What Went Wrong? The Impact of Western Policies Towards Hamas and Hizbollah
Democratization and Human Rights in Central Asia: Problems, Development Prospects and the Role of the International Community
The External Dimension of EU Citizenship
What Will it Take to Resolve the Dispute in Western Sahara?
Tajikistan and the EU
Terrorism, Borders and Migration
Will the European Council end the institutional deadlock in the EU?
Turkmenistan in Transition
Building Stronger Ties, Meeting New Challenges: The European Union’s Strategic Role in Central Asia
Inquiry into the EU-US Passenger Name Record Agreement
Merging Security from the Two-Level Game: Inserting the Treaty of Prüm into EU Law?
European Neighbourhood Policy Two Years On
Russian-Algerian cooperation and the
Making the EU Citizens' Agenda Work
Don’t Blame Globalisation for the Squeezing of the Middle Class
The Presevo Valley of Southern Serbia alongside Kosovo
Decision-Making in the Enlarged Council of Ministers
Looking for the Cure-All? Targets and the EU’s New Energy Strategy
Confronting Crisis in the European Union
The Coming of the Russian Gas Deficit
Russia’s Soft Power Ambitions
France’s Draft Law on the Armenian Genocide
Just what is this ‘absorption capacity’ of the European Union?
What Should the European Union Do Next in the Middle East?
The Fall of Doha and the Rise of Regionalism?
The Political Life of Data: The ECJ Decision on the PNR Agreement between the EU and the US
'Outsourcing' de facto Statehood: Russia and the Secessionist Entities in Georgia and Moldova
Closing a Deal on Doha: Closer Than We Might Think?
The EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement: The Implications for Trade in Agriculture
European Financial System Governance
A Synergy for Black Sea Regional Cooperation: Guidelines for an EU Initiative
Trail to Failure: History of the Constitutional Rejection and Implications for the Future
A New Agreement Between the EU and Russia: Why, What and When?
Bulgaria and Romania's Accession to the EU: Postponement, Safeguards and the Rule of Law
The Commission's White Paper on Communication
Political Integration in Europe and America: Towards a Madisonian Model for Europe
What Could be Saved from the European Constitution if Ratification Fails? The Problems with a ‘Plan B’
Fixing the Services Directive
Confidence Through Compliance in Emissions Trading Markets
What Should the Community of Democratic Choice Do?
What can European Leaders Learn from Koizumi?
It's a long way to Copenhagen: Turkey's Membership of and Convergence with the European Union
From Neighbourhood to Integration Policy: Are there concrete alternatives to enlargement?
The US Administration's 'Advanced Energy Initiative': New programmes and more funding or old programmes and less funding?
What Values for Europe? The Ten Commandments
Economic Values and Dynamism in the EU Economy
Employment and Competitiveness: The Key Role of Education
Deadlock Avoided, but Sense of Mission Lost? The Enlarged EU and its Uncertain Constitution
The Game's not over yet for the Capital Requirements Directive
Security Implications of Russian Energy Policies
The Food Aid Debate in Trade and Development
Who Finances the Queen's CAP payments? The CAP as a dooH niboR Scheme
Industry Location and Climate Change Policy-Making in the United States
Technology in a Post-2012 Transatlantic Perspective
An Interim Plan for South-East Europe: Customs Union with the EU and a Regional Schengen for the Free Movement of People
Capital Adequacy vs. Liquidity Requirements in Banking Supervision in the EU
Is the IMF Business Model Still Valid?
The New Capital Requirements Directive: What are the Missing Pieces to the Puzzle?
Parties of Power as Roadblock to Democracy: The Cases of Ukraine and Egypt
The EU's Fight Against International Terrorism: Security Problems, Insecure Solutions
The Black Sea as Epicentre of the Aftershocks of the EU's Earthquake
Egypt's Moment of Reform: A Reality or an Illusion?
Climate Change in the US Government Budget
Plan B
The Real Budget Battle
Should Ratification Proceed? An Assessment of Different Options After the Failed Referenda
EU-Russia – Four Common Spaces and the Proliferation of the Fuzzy
The Europeanisation of the Transnistrian Conflict
Economic Aspects of Turkey’s Quest for EU Membership
A Spreading Danger: Time for a New Policy Towards Chechnya
Protection of Personal Data and Citizens' Rights of Privacy in the Fight Against the Financing of Terrorism
Improving the Climate: Will the New Constitution Strengthen EU Performance in International Climate Negotiations?
A Better Budget for the European Union: More Value for Money, More Money for Value
The Impact of Turkey's Membership on EU Voting
Ukraine and EU After the Orange Revolution
Vade Mecum for the Next Enlargements of the European Union
Europeanisation and Conflict Resolution: Testing an Analytical Framework
The Dog that Lost Its Bark: The Commission and the Stability Pact
Is Ukraine Turning Away from Europe?
R&D in the EU: Can the Open Method of Coordination Succeed in Closing the Gap?
After the EU Elections, Before the Constitution Referenda, Can the EU Communicate Better?
The European Productivity Slowdown: Causes and Implications
Council Voting in the Constitutional Treaty: Devil in the Details
The EU-Russia-US Triangle
Winners and Losers under Various Dual-Majority Voting Rules for the EU’s Council of Ministers
Has Turkey Fulfilled the Copenhagen Political Criteria?
Enlargement: A Process Rather Than a Point in Time
Headscarves, Skull Caps, and Crosses: Is the Proposed French Ban Safe From European Legal Challenge?
Three Theses for the New Commission President
Judicial Cooperation and the European Arrest Warrant – A Good Testing Ground for Mutual Recognition in an Enlarged EU?
Can Europe Deliver Growth? The Sapir Report and Beyond
The Draft Constitutional Treaty's Voting Reform Dilemma
The Civil False Claims Act: Using Lincoln's Law to Protect the European Community Budget
Maintaining Security within Borders: Towards a Permanent State of Emergency in the EU?
Institutionalising the Wider Europe
Reform of Corporate Governance in the EU
Reform of the EU Institutions: Implications for the EU's Performance in Climate Negotiations
The Shaping of a Policy Framework for the Wider Europe
Decision-Making and the Constitutional Treaty: Will the IGC Discard Giscard?
Where is the Transatlantic Divide in Public Opinion on Climate Change Issues?
The Deployment of Multinational Military Formations: Taking Political Institutions into Account
Caucasus Revisited
Optimizing the Mechanism for 'Enhanced Cooperation' Within the EU: Reccomendations for the Constitutional Treaty
Reforming the Composition of the ECB Governing Council in View of Enlargement: An Opportunity Missed!
Constitutionalising the Open Method of Coordination - What Should the Convention Propose?
A Public Stability Pact for Public Debt?
Enhancing the Effectiveness of the EU's Foreign and Defence Policies
The Kyoto Protocol and the WTO: Institutional Evolution and Adaptation
The Wider Europe as the European Union's Friendly Monroe Doctrine
Changing Conceptions of Security and their Implications for EU Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation
Conflict Resolution for Moldova and Transdniestria through Federalisation?
The World Trading System: In Dire Need of Reform
Georgia's Pankisi Gorge: Russian, US and European Connections
Budgetary Implications of Enlargement: Agriculture
Supervising the European Financial System
Europe as a Global Economic Actor
The European Union: Teleology and some Challenges of the Eastern Enlargement
The Application of Justice and Home Affairs and the Position of Minorities: The Case of Hungary
The Schengen Challenge and its Balkan Dimensions
Russia's Engagement with Justice and Home Affairs: A Question of Mutual Trust
Russia and the EU: The Kaliningrad Dilemma
Border Countries in an Enlarging Union: Some Reflections Based on the Italian Experience
Basel II: The Remaining Issues
Infringement of the European Convention on Human Rights by Belgium
The Convention on the Future of the EU
The Assignment of Tasks in an Evolving European Union
Ensuring a Generous European Asylum Policy for Those in Need of International Protection
Issues for Europe - Post 11 September
Our Future Southeastern Turkish Frontiers
Friendly Schengen Borderland Policy on the New Borders of an Enlarged EU and its Neighbours
Accommodating Turkey in ESDP
On the Forming and Reforming of Stability Pacts from the Balkans to the Caucasus
Five Years to the Euro for the CEE-3?
Health not Wealth
Reinventing the Climate Negotiations: An Analysis of COP6
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