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Think Tank Review - May 2020

Emergency response

The special focus on COVID-19 sheds light on all aspects of the pandemic affecting the EU, its member states, and the world. Josep Borrell writes that "the post-coronavirus world is already here" and Herman Van Rompuy asks if COVID-19 is a turning point for the EU. The recovery fund and the impact of the coronavirus policies on the Schengen area and on the Green Deal are commented on. The digital challenges for the EU, the economic effects of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the US/China rivalry also feature in this issue.

COVID-19

  • How the coronavirus pandemic affects the EU’s geopolitical agenda
  • Europe’s path to strategic recovery: brace, empower and engage
  • Towards a sustainable European ‘Marshall Plan’: how to turn the crisis into an opportunity
  • Protecting employment in the time of coronavirus: what is the EU’s €100 billion going to buy?

Economic and financial affairs

  • The future of European development banking. What role and place for the European Investment Bank?
  • Raising growth in the euro area
  • How has the macro-economic imbalances procedure worked in practice to improve the resilience of the euro area?

Competitiveness

  • Dinner for three: EU, China and the US around the geographical indications table
  • New aspects and challenges in consumer protection - Digital services and artificial intelligence
  • Artificial intelligence: new developments and innovations applied to e-commerce

Environment/climate change

  • European energy transition after Covid-19: from Green deal to 'Gas deal'?
  • Accélérer la transition énergétique : le rôle de la finance verte et ses enjeux pour l’Europe

Justice and home affairs

  • 10,000 standing corps and expanded responsibilities: FRONTEX’s reform and its impact
  • The upcoming new pact on migration and asylum: will it be up to the challenge?

Foreign affairs

  • Deterrence and defence in times of COVID-19. Europe’s political choices
  • The EU’s security and defence policy: the impact of the coronavirus
  • COVID-19: a stress test for international development cooperation
  • Who should be in charge of cyberspace? The European Union, member states and the constitution of structural power