Past events

The new EU legislature is haunted by resurgent worries — with Trump rebooted and heightened geopolitical risks and trade tensions. Talk has shifted in the EU — from outsourcing security to the US to a focus on “strategic autonomy”, from outsourcing export-led growth to China to a strategy of “de-risking”, and from outsourcing energy needs to Russia to anywhere but. And then there is climate change and the war next door. How can Europe secure its competitiveness and prosperity in this new environment? Join us at the EconPol Europe 2024 Annual Conference as we unpack the key issues and chart a course to navigate the potentially thorny years to come. 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a wake-up call for Europe regarding its levels of dependence on the energy and metals fronts, and the associated threats this posed to its competitiveness. Meanwhile, the need to decarbonize the economy has become ever more pressing. What is needed now, is the look ahead on the road towards a decarbonized energy system in a competitive Europe. We would like to discuss with you main challenges and chances and the role that individual members states and the EU should play on this road.

EconPol Europe, the ifo Institute for Economic Research, the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University and the Toulouse School of Economics invited to the launch event for the new Policy Report EU Innovation Policy taking place on April 10, 2024 in Brussels.

The ifo Institute, EconPol Europe and the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) launched the initiative “Climate Policy Priorities for the Next European Commission” to identify and examine several issues that the EU institutions should consider as part of climate change policy developments after the 2024 elections.

Report: Clemens Fuest, Andrei Marcu and Michael Mehling: “Climate Policy Priorities for the Next European Commission", EconPol Policy Report 48, March 2024.