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

cepPolicyBrief: Critical Medicines

Whether antibiotics or painkillers: the risk of supply bottlenecks for important medicines is threatening healthcare in Europe. The Centre for European Policy (cep) takes a positive view of the EU Commission's planned steps to ensure security of supply but calls for consistent implementation by the member states.

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2025

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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2025

cepInput: What to Expect When AI Agents Are Unleashed?

The rapid development of artificial intelligence agents and their use in virtual worlds such as computer games harbours considerable risks. According to the Centre for European Policy (cep), the EU's metaverse strategy and existing regulations underestimate the danger: without comprehensive framework conditions, a loss of trust could soon undermine the digital economy.

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2025

cepInput: EU Cloud Certification at an Impasse

The introduction of an EU scheme for certifying the cyber security of cloud services (EUCS) has been the subject of intense debate for years - so far in vain. The aim: harmonised standards for the attestation of the level of cybersecurity of cloud services in the EU. As time is pressing due to enormous political and economic turmoil, the Centre for European Policy (cep) is proposing ways out of the impasse.

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2025

cepInput: Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships

The creation of stable and diversified supply chains is of central importance for the European economy. This does not require new trade barriers, but a coherent strategy for green trade and investment partnerships. This is the key finding of a study by the Centre for European Policy (cep).

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2025

cepAdhoc: EU Trade Diplomacy Towards North America

Despite the financial crisis, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, economic relations between the EU and North America have proven remarkably resilient. However, growing geopolitical tensions and increasing pressure from the United States call for a new European strategy. The Centre for European Policy (cep) calls for a trade diplomacy that actively brings Europe’s interests to the transatlantic negotiation table.

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2025

cepPolicyBrief: Clean Industrial Deal

Tough global competition, restrictive regulations and high energy costs: in order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 despite poorer conditions, the EU must create a level playing field for European industry. The Centre for European Policy (cep) assesses the measures announced by the EU Commission in its Communication on a Clean Industrial Deal.

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2025

cepAdhoc: A Digital Liberation Day for Europe?

US tariffs are putting the EU under pressure. At the same time, the dominance of American digital companies on the European market is growing. The Centres for European Policy (cep) is calling for a decisive digital response and proposes a concept for fair and targeted taxation of multinational digital companies as a counterstrategy.

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2025

cepInput: EU Quantum Strategy: Europe Has the Potential – Now it Needs a Plan

Europe is well positioned in quantum computing – for now. But without an overall strategy, the continent risks losing its software sovereignty. The Centre for European Policy (cep) warns of this gap and calls for open standards, diversification of hardware research, and industrial benchmarks for targeted market development.

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2025

cepAdhoc: Feedback on the Third Draft of the GPAI CoP

Europe's planned code of practice for Artificial Intelligence (AI) could fail. Influenced by major US tech companies, the project risks becoming a meaningless document that merely legitimizes existing practices. The Centre for European Policy (cep) warns that the EU could lose a historic opportunity to establish a global level playing field for safety, responsibility, and competition in AI.

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