The European Centre for Government Transformation launches Delivering Public Service for the Future: How Europe Can Lead Public-Sector Transformation, a collection of 12 thoughtful essays on the future of public-sector reform…
Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold proposes two early steps to avert crisis and restore confidence: a co-ordinated cut in the European tax wedge on labour and smart implementation of the stability and growth…
In this timely special briefing, Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold explores the limits and best application of flexibility within the existing stability and growth pact. On the basis of a comprehensive…
Published by the Lisbon Council and Nesta, Reforming the European Commission: How Jean-Claude Juncker Can Deliver on Growth and Jobs, is a hard-hitting policy brief which calls for major reform in…
“Productivity growth is the key to returning to a sustainable growth path in Europe.” So writes Bart van Ark, author of Productivity and Digitalisation in Europe: Paving the Road to Faster Growth,…
Is the euro crisis really over? Find out in The Euro Plus Monitor Spring 2014 Update, the latest instalment of the bi-annual competitiveness ranking published by Berenberg and the Lisbon Council.…
The Lisbon Council and Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), a leading Washington, DC-based think tank, jointly launch Bridging the Data Gap: How Digital Innovation Can Drive Growth and Create Jobs. The interactive policy…
Text and Data Mining – a sophisticated technique in which advanced data analytics are used to discern previously unseen patterns in texts and other data sets – is quickly being…
In 2013-2014, 16 students from the College of Europe were competitively selected to take part in a project on state transformation. They were divided into four teams of four students.…
In October 2013, the Lisbon Council celebrated 10 years of work at the forefront of the European project. We took the occasion to produce a brief – and hopefully interesting,…
Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold analyses a key challenge of Europe’s proposed “banking union” — ensuring that its governance delivers swift, efficient and orderly bank resolution — and advocates streamlining the…
If the eurozone and its 17 members stay the course, the systemic crisis that has rocked Europe since 2010 could be largely over by mid-2014. That is the principal conclusion…