The Problem with European Champions

Matteo Baccaglini // 19 September 2019

Free market liberals will have shuddered at the news that European Commission officials have drawn up far-reaching plans for a new €100 billion fund …

Lithuania reforms its tax and pension system

LFMI // 20 July 2018

In late June, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted a law that consolidated the employer and employee base for social security contributions and significantly cut the …

The Future of EU Finances

18 October 2017

This Position Paper is a response to the Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances by the European Commission. The goal of this …

A Joint Open Letter on the Future of EU Finance

The EU budget has been a result of political negotiations and trade-offs between Member States rather than a well-grounded financing of mutually agreed pan-European …

The 2017 Spanish General State Budget

Civismo // 12 April 2017

Last week, EPICENTER’s Spanish partner, CIVISMO, published a report about the Spanish General State Budget.

The 2017 General State Budget, presented on April …

The importance of an anti-lobbying clause

16 March 2017

The composition of civil society at the EU level is largely dictated by which groups the European Commission chooses to fund. Furthermore, citizens have …

Future EU Financing: Energy policy in the Monti Report

Pablo Balsinde // 6 February 2017

Last month, a group of European politicians, headed by Mario Monti released a report titled “The Future Financing of the EU”. The report, which …

Living on credit

30 November 2016

November 30 marks Credit Day across the European Union. Credit Day is the day when member states’ central administrations exhaust their annual tax revenues …

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