As the EU aims at strengthening the competitivity of European companies, the functioning of the Single Market comes to the fore. Is a more assertive industrial policy compatible with free and fair competition? This question is studied in a volume focusing on the legal instruments that govern the EU’s internal market. (2020:1op)
New publication from EPIN (European Policy Institutes Network) on what 15 Member states expect with Germany at the helm of EU presidency. Jakob Lewander, researcher in political science at SIEPS, contributes by summarizing the Swedish perspective. (July 2020)
Climate action policy and a Europe fit for the digital age are among the von der Leyen Commission's top priorities, But how compatible are they? Mats Engström, senior advisor at SIEPS, contributes with a discussion in the latest issue of the European Court of Auditors' journal, Climat Change & Audit. (June 2020)
The COVID-19 crisis might change the stability of the EU's long-term budget. Daniel Tarschys, senior advisor at Sieps and a former Secretary General of the Council of Europe discusses the potential impact of the pandemic by looking at the "galaxy" surrounding the budget. (May 2020)
Latest publications in English
The present pandemic crisis brings uncertainty to the European Green Deal – the ambitious plan for environmental and climate progress. What can policymakers do if they wish to keep the green momentum? Mats Engström, senior advisor at SIEPS, offers six courses of action. (2020:8epa)
The European Commission has proposed a possibility to suspend financial transfers to Member States with deficiencies as regards the rule of law. In an analysis of the proposal, professors Armin von Bogdandy and Justyna Łacny conclude that it has merits but raises legal doubts. Suspending EU funds could also harm the people they are meant to protect. (2020:7epa)
Recently, EU leaders have repeated the message that the Union needs to be more “geopolitical”. What does this mean? Richard Youngs, professor of International Relations, analyses this ambition by questioning its underlying assumptions. Without a modern and innovative form of geopolitics, he writes, the EU’s international identity risks becoming more uncertain and ambiguous – a risk that the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to reinforce. (2020:5epa)
Past seminars in English
On 4 February, SIEPS and the Expert Group on Public Economics (ESO) jointly arranged a seminar with the aim of disseminating knowledge about the organisations’ work on taxation and to identify important areas for research with respect to taxation in a digitalised and globalised world.
On the 31st of January 2020, SIEPS and The Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussel held a seminar on the EU Industrial Policy.
The seminar was filmed and is available on Facebook.
Seminar on the rule of law and democracy, 27 January 2020, co-organized by SIEPS and CER and hosted by the Swedish Permanent Representation to the EU.
More pictures and a short summary.
Christophe Hillion, Senior Researcher in Law at SIEPS, at the CER/SIEPS seminar on 27 January 2020.
In his contribution on Verfassungsblog, a blog on constitutional matters, he develops the same topic with respect to the COVID-19 crisis (27 April 2020).
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