Pascal Saint-Amans

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EU Tech Rules: What to make of the first DMA fines?

1 month ago | bruegel.org | Bertin Martens |Rebecca Christie |Benjamin Angel |Pascal Saint-Amans

In this extra episode of The Sound of Economics, Bruegel’s Bertin Martens and Fiona M. Scott Morton explain the EU’s first fines under the Digital Markets Act, in conversation with Rebecca Christie. Apple and Meta were hit with the penalties on 23 April 2025 in what will be a test case for the European Commission’s new mandate to rein in digital gatekeepers.
One bad Apple decision: EU tax ruling entrenches distortions

Nov 19, 2024 | bruegel.org | Pascal Saint-Amans |Zsolt Darvas

At first sight, the 10 September 2024 European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling on Apple’s Irish tax bill seems just about fair. The ruling, confirming that that Ireland granted unlawful aid to Apple and should recover €13 billion in unpaid taxes, tackles an extremely aggressive scheme. European Commission executive vice-president and competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager hailed it a “big win for European citizens and for tax justice”.
Unite, defend, grow: EU policy for the next five years

Sep 4, 2024 | bruegel.org | Maria Demertzis |Pascal Saint-Amans

The Memos to the European Union leadership have been a Bruegel tradition since 2009. Every five years – after the European elections but before a new European Commission takes office – we take stock of EU economic policies, reflect on the EU's main challenges, make recommendations on how the new leadership should address them.
Memo to the commissioner responsible for migration

Sep 4, 2024 | bruegel.org | Pascal Saint-Amans

The European Union’s population is ageing and legal migration avenues must be expanded, while addressing concerns about irregular migration into Europe. EU countries retain control over most migration-related regulation, leading to highly diverging national utilisation of residency permits.
Memo to the commissioner responsible for the European Union budget

Sep 4, 2024 | bruegel.org | Pascal Saint-Amans |Zsolt Darvas

You take over responsibility for the European Union budget at a time of climate emergency, a war near the EU’s border, heightened security risks, increased global protectionism, slow productivity growth and a weak European economic outlook. Demands for new EU spending are mounting. Whilst opinion polls suggest significant alignment among EU citizens on what the EU’s priorities should be, member countries are divided over the size of the EU budget and how to finance it.
Taxation for Competitiveness: enhancing EU's own resources

Jun 5, 2024 | bruegel.org | Zsolt Darvas |Pascal Saint-Amans

Despite a proposal by the European Commission to establish new own resources to fund the European Union's budget, including to repay the debt used to finance the EU’s post-pandemic economic recovery efforts (NGEU), no real debate has yet taken place on the specific nature of these new own resources.
Europe's economic future

May 29, 2024 | bruegel.org | Pascal Saint-Amans

Bruegel and the Financial Times partnered up to host a debate featuring lead candidates from major EU political parties on EU economic issues, namely growth, the single market, economic security and the EU budget.
Sobirania, fiscalitat, Andorra i Europa (i II)

May 28, 2024 | diariandorra.ad | Pascal Saint-Amans

Atesa la complexitat de les normes jurídiques i la por a perdre les nostres especificitats, és normal que pugui sorgir certa confusió respecte a les conseqüències fiscals de l’Acord d’associació en un país on la fiscalitat és especialment indulgent, com a reflex d’un model econòmic únic. I, encara que res és immutable, no és l’Acord d’associació el que canviarà la particularitat i la sobirania fiscals d’Andorra.
Sobirania, fiscalitat, Andorra i Europa (I)

May 27, 2024 | diariandorra.ad | Pascal Saint-Amans

Vist des de fora, el Principat d’Andorra és un paradís de pau i creixement, on fa de bon viure. Al llarg dels segles, el país, amb la seva economia fronterera, ha sabut viure en harmonia amb els dos països veïns i, de retruc, dins d’Europa i del món, i ha esdevingut un centre turístic mundial, una plaça financera eficient i un lloc d’intercanvi comercial, i alhora cultural.
The EU needs a methodology for including reform impacts in fiscal trajectories

Mar 26, 2024 | bruegel.org | Zsolt Darvas |Pascal Saint-Amans |Guntram B. Wolff

In addition to ensuring fiscal sustainability, the European Union’s new fiscal framework aims to encourage structural reform and public investment in member countries. Normally, governments in countries with excessive deficits or debts have four years to bring their finances in line with fiscal requirements, but as an incentive for reform and investment, this can be extended to seven years.