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                    The EU’s Horizontal Equal Treatment Directive: A Way Forward
A proposed EU Directive on equal treatment has been blocked in the Council of Ministers for 17 years. Demonstrating the importance of a common framework against discrimination, this analysis argues in favour of “enhanced cooperation” between member states wishing to move ahead.
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                            Report
                        
                            Industrial policy at the EU level has become more active, assertive, green and sectoral. This paradigm shift may however weaken competition in the single market as well as the cohesion within the EU. Given these challenges, this report provides support for new ways of financing and coordinating a more common industrial policy.
                        Adam A. Ambroziak
                        September 2025
                
                
                            European Policy Analysis
                        
                            
    Political Union First:
    France's Conditional Embrace of EU Enlargement
                            
                        
                        Natasha Wunsch
                        September 2025
                
                
                            European Policy Analysis
                        
                            
    One Fund to Rule Them All:
    An analysis of the proposed  European Competitiveness Fund 
                            
                        
                        Johannes Jarlebring
                        September 2025
                
                
                            European Policy Analysis
                        
                            
    European Defence 
        
    Under the Treaties
                            
                        
                        Anna Horn
                        September 2025
                
                
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    Perspectives on enlargement  and reform of the EU:
     Fit for 35
                            
                        
                        Veronica Anghel, Steven Blockmans, Antoaneta L. Dimitrova, Christophe Hillion, Saskia Hollander, Erik Jones, Valentin Kreilinger (ed.), Michael Leigh, Daniela Schwarzer, Göran von Sydow (ed.), Patricia Wadensjö (ed.)
                        August 2025
                
         
 
        
                
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