News from the Jacques Delors Centre

A selection of the many tributes to the life and engagement of our past President.

With the loss of our Founding Director, Henrik Enderlein, the Jacques Delors Centre has lost a great European, and a great man.

Whether the Conference on the Future of Europe turns out to be successful, will largely depend on the support of national governments, explains Thu Nguyen in an interview with Luxemburger Wort.

Notwithstanding the delays in the submission of national recovery plans, the Recovery Fund is picking up speed. Policy Fellow Thu Nguyen explains the next steps in an interview with EU Observer.

Lucas Guttenberg explains why the discussion of new own resources for the EU is important and assesses the different options for the EU to repay its economic recovery. 

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.