Publications Archive
This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years
- cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues
- cepPolicyBrief: Concise reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including an executive summary
- cepInput: Impulse to current challenges of EU policies
- cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy
2025
cepNews: Workshop: European Trade Diplomacy and Value Chain Reconfiguration
The Centres for European Policy Network and the Luiss Institute for European Analysis and Policy (LEAP) are pleased to invite you to the workshop ‘European Trade Diplomacy and Value Chain Reconfiguration: New Scenarios in Asia, Africa and Latin America’, organised with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), within the project ‘Nearshoring and Re-shoring in Emerging Markets: Comparative Analysis among Asia, Latin America and Africa’. The event will be held on 15 July 2025, at 14:30 at Luiss Guido Carli - Viale Romania 32, Aula 203.
Please register here.
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cepInput: Not Just Less Regulation - Better Regulation
Too much bureaucracy jeopardises investment, inhibits innovation and weakens Europe as a business location. In a new company questioning, the Centre for European Policy (cep) shows where the greatest burdens lie - and which specific measures would actually relieve the burden on companies.
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cepAdhoc: Omnibus I: Revision of the Supply Chain Directive
With the Omnibus I package, the EU Commission aims to simplify EU legislation on supply chains. The Centre for European Policy (cep) welcomes individual relief measures, but warns that despite the proposed changes, the bureaucratic burden on the companies affected remains too high.
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cepInput: Mission Letters: Internal Market and Competition
Between 4 and 12 November, the Commission candidates will have to answer questions before the European Parliament.The touchstone will be the so-called Mission Letters, in which President Ursula von der Leyen assigns tasks and portfolios to the new Commissioners until 2029. The Centre for European Policy (cep) scrutinised the candidates, departments and EU initiatives, particularly with regard to the internal market and competition. The result: many things should have been more ambitious and structured.
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cepAdhoc: What's left of French influence in Brussels?
As France struggles to break its political deadlock, confusion also reigns over its ability to continue to assert its European vision in order to influence policies in Brussels.
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cepStudy: Who is Gonna Win the European Championship?
The transfer of football players within the EU market is becoming increasingly important. National players who play for clubs in other Member States now account for around 35% of the total market value of national teams across the EU - 7 percentage points more than ten years ago. This is the result of a study by the Centre for European Policy (cep).
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cepInput: Sovereignty Built on Strength and Significance
The EU is at risk of falling behind in core innovative sectors such as automotive, pharmaceuticals and aerospace. Not enough progress is being made in future technologies such as AI. The Centre for European Policy Network (cep) presents its ideas for an economic overhaul of Europe.
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cepInput: The Next Step for the Single Market: A Geo-economic Shelter
Whether the USA, China or the global South: the European Union is coming under increasing geopolitical and economic pressure. In order to withstand this and make the single market resilient, the Centre for European Policy (cep) is calling for a geo-economic protective shield.
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cepAdhoc: Ukrainian Agricultural Imports into the EU (cepAdhoc)
While the war in Ukraine is still raging, the EU has decided to reintroduce tariffs on key Ukrainian agricultural products. This decision may sound like a betrayal, as Ukraine needs financial resources more than ever to defend itself against Russia. In a cepAdhoc, the Centres for European Policy Network (cep) analyzes the EU's considerations and assesses the current situation.
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cepAdhoc: Farmer Crisis (cepAdhoc)
Over the past few weeks, violent protests by farmers have shaken Europe. At a time when the sector has been hard hit by the war in Ukraine, with rising fuel and fertilizer prices and increased imports of Ukrainian agri-food products into Europe, European farmers are taking action against regulatory constraints and low incomes.
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