EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies
The European Union significantly increased its funding for migration, asylum and integration policies in the wake of the increased inflow of asylum seekers in 2015. This study provides an overview, an analysis and an eva...
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EU budget: Scope to reform Common Agricultural Policy
In this episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’, I talk with Lars Hoelgaard, former deputy director general at DG AGRI, regarding the possibilities for reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the consequences for t...
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Europe needs a strong Italy
This opinion piece was published in La Republicca. Summary: Europe needs to have its Italian voice. A stable government is not only needed to pursue the domestic policies and remain fiscally prudent but also to negotiate...
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Future European priorities
This piece was written for Nikkei Veritas “Budgets are not bookkeeping exercises – they are about priorities and ambition. So let’s first discuss about the Europe we want.” – These are the words of the President of the E...
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What budget for the EU? Principles, spending priorities and the impact of Brexit
Zsolt Darvas and I were asked by the Bulgarian Presidency to write a paper on the future of the EU budget, the MFF. The paper will be published soon but here is our presentation that I presented on 9 March in Sofia at th...
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