News from the Jacques Delors Centre

EU borrows 750 billion euros to cope with the economic consequences of the Corona pandemic and boost the modernisation of EU member states.

The Recovery Fund constitutes the key tool for the EU’s economic recovery. Lucas Guttenberg explains why the next weeks will be decisive for the European Commission.

The Wirecard case highlights the importance of independent financial regulators for effective supervision. However, the lack of independence of national financial authorities is not a German but a European problem, argues Sebastian Mack in his policy brief.

In the seventh episode of our German podcast series EU to go, Thu Nguyen talsk to Lucas Guttenberg and Ole Funke about how the pandemic changes EU economic governance.

While Rónán Riordan has always appreciated the European Union, it is serendipitous encounters and chance friendships which put him on the path to pursue a research career on the EU. In his PhD project, he investigates the impact of the CJEU on EU law-making.

Expert consultation on the Recovery Fund in the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag with Lucas Guttenberg.

Often labelled technocratic and expertise-driven, the Commission’s ‘unelected bureaucrats’ take public opinion seriously. In crises, the Commission uses agenda-priorities to respond to citizens’ cues, write Christel Koop, Christine Reh and Edoardo Bressanelli.

In the sixth episode of our German podcast series EU to go, Thu Nguyen and Sebastian Mack discuss which role financial markets can play in the fight against climate change. 

In an article published by dpa, Lucas Rasche talks about the consequences of the opening of the border between Turkey and Greece a year ago.