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The Draghi Report, 2 Years On: EU competitiveness and the crawling execution of an insufficient proposal
18/09/2026
You can download the PDF version HERE. “We appear to be sleepwalking, and Draghi already warned us that this will lead to slow agony. I think that was wrong. It’s not going to be slow.” João Cotrim de Figueiredo, Portuguese MEP – quoted by H. Foy, FT, 15/7/2026 The politics of a historical […]
Where Draghi’s Report missed the plot: Europe’s Great Degeneration on the eve of Trump’s Second Coming
13/02/2025
Download the report: Where Draghi’s Report missed the plot: Europe’s Great Degeneration on the eve of Trump’s Second Coming Executive Summary: The report critically examines Mario Draghi’s 2024 report on European competitiveness, arguing that while the report provides valuable analysis and recommendations, it overlooks a crucial factor: the role of institutional quality in Europe’s economic […]
Catalonia and the fiscal deficit: a planned economic drain
28/02/2024
Some news, spectacular as it might seem, may not be relevant in its own right, but it is through the underlying reality it brings to the surface – like the proverbial finger pointing at the moon. That is the case of the study that the Generalitat de Catalunya (the government of Spain’s autonomous region of […]