October 2013
After successfully launching Poland on two decades of sustained economic growth, Leszek Balcerowicz, professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, examines the state of the euro zone and the European…
Publications
October 2013
On the eve of the October European Council devoted to innovation and the digital agenda, the Lisbon Council, and Nesta, Europe’s leading innovation foundation, teamed up to launch Plan I(nnovation)…
July 2013
Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, offers an up-to-the-minute analysis of the principal achievements and conclusions of the 27-28 June European Council. Mr. Leipold discusses the decisions taken…
June 2013
On the eve of the 27-28 June European Council, Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold weighs in on the key issues facing European policymakers as they meet to tackle youth unemployment, access…
June 2013
As the debate on Europe’s crisis fighting strategy deepens with the leak of a critical IMF document pointing to deep flaws in the European decision-making process, the Lisbon Council launches…
May 2013
Ian Hargreaves, professor of digital economy, University of Cardiff; author, Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (“the Hargreaves report”) and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council; and…
March 2013
Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, weighs in with real-time analysis of the 14-15 March European Council. Mr. Leipold — who joined the Lisbon Council in 2010 after…
March 2013
On the eve of the European Council Spring Summit on 14-15 March, the Lisbon Council launches a new policy paper series — Economic Intelligence, Up-to-the-Minute Analysis from Chief Economist Alessandro…
March 2013
The Lisbon Council and Berenberg Bank published The Euro Plus Monitor Spring 2013 Update. The Euro Plus Monitor is the premier competitiveness ranking of eurozone economies, as well as Poland,…
November 2012
The 2012 Euro Plus Monitor, the authoritative competitiveness ranking jointly published each year by Berenberg Bank and the Lisbon Council, ranks the 17 eurozone countries on a range of key…
October 2012
In the presence of European Commissioner Michel Barnier, the Lisbon Council launched SMEs in the Single Market: A Growth Agenda for the 21st Century. In this timely report, eight thought…
September 2012
In the presence of European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, the Lisbon Council launched Intellectual Property and Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Growth and Jobs. In this timely report, ten…