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In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic made us more aware of our vulnerability – as a group, as a community, as citizens of Europe. This insight strengthens our solidarity with each other and our determination to find innovative solutions for challenges. The search for strategies...

In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic made us more aware of our vulnerability – as a group, as a community, as citizens of Europe. This insight strengthens our solidarity with each other and our determination to find innovative solutions for challenges. The search for strategies...

Federal Europe is unlike the United States of America. If the EU is to deliver more European common goods, it needs intensive vertical cooperation and separate standards for decision-making, administration and financing competences.

Federal Europe is unlike the United States of America. If the EU is to deliver more European common goods, it needs intensive vertical cooperation and separate standards for decision-making, administration and financing competences.

The financial sector must divest from unsustainable business. This is imperative to achieve a climate-neutral economy and to safeguard financial stability. The European sustainable finance regulatory agenda of 2018 launched important initiatives that increase transparency on...

EU and OECD countries vary considerably in terms of their pre-crisis socioeconomic conditions. Their capacity for political reform also varies widely. These differences are likely to grow as the COVID-19 crisis continues.

With the global race for tech dominance and digital sovereignty set to intensify, we look at what the European Union is doing to strengthen its fledgling but ambitious startup sector. We find that despite bold and proactive new steps, the creation of European unicorns will...

The impact investing market in Germany shows significant growth in 2020. New players with investments across all asset classes and SDGs are energizing the field and want to tackle pressing social issues.

Public goods reflect a complex construct between the principle of solidarity and the principle of subsidiarity in European Union law. This policy brief concisely contextualises public goods in European law and shows that they can act as a point of reference for the...

Amid a severe health, social and economic crisis, banks again take centre stage on the political agenda. This policy paper explains why decisionmakers are worried about a looming banking crisis, sets out the existing European bank crisis management framework and makes...