Silvia Merler

1 month ago | bruegel.org | Silvia Merler |Nicolas Véron

The European Commission’s ReArm Europe plan, published on 5 March, aims to trigger €800 billion in defence investments over four years.

1 month ago | bruegel.org | Silvia Merler |Zsolt Darvas |Kamil Sekut |Nicolas Véron

The European Commission’s so-called first Omnibus package, published 26 February, has as its objective “unprecedented simplification” while keeping to the goals of the European Green Deal – the European Union’s net-zero plan – “enabling companies to access sustainable finance for their clean transition”. This is a complex trade-off. If adopted, the package could create risks for the underlying policy objectives of the European Green Deal and disrupt sustainable finance in two important ways.

2 months ago | bruegel.org | Silvia Merler |Nicolas Véron

The European Union has sought to steer corporate behaviour to support its climate goals by adopting a large body of rules on sustainable investment, sustainability disclosures and sustainability labelling of financial products, underpinned by a taxonomy of activities considered sustainable. It is unclear, however, if this effort has had significant results.

Oct 31, 2024 | bruegel.org | Silvia Merler |Nicolas Véron |Giulia Gotti |Conor McCaffrey

Just as it was five and ten years ago, the dominant challenge for the European Union’s new financial services commissioner – or to give the full title, commissioner for financial services and the savings and investments union – will be to advance the ongoing transition from 27 national financial systems towards a single European financial system (Merler and Véron, 2024).

Jun 24, 2024 | ft.com | Silvia Merler

The writer is head of policy research at Algebris Investments Is the success of far-right politics threatening the European economy and...