A new boost for jobs, growth and investment was the number one priority of President Jean-Claude Juncker for his Commission. In November 2014, just three weeks into the mandate, President Juncker launched the Investment Plan for Europe also called the Juncker Plan. The Investment Plan for Europe...
How far should capital requirements be raised in order to ensure a strong and resilient banking system without imposing undue costs on the real economy? Capital requirement increases make banks safer and are beneficial in the long run but also entail transition costs because their imposition red...
The EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change of 2013 includes actions to enhance the resilience of infrastructure and mainstream climate adaptation into the European regional and cohesion policy. The Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) of 2013 states under article 8 that climate change mitigat...