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Europe Strikes Back: A Critical Look to the New Arsenal in the Fight Against Dirty Money

In June 2024, the EU has unleashed a powerful weapon in its arsenal against money laundering and terrorist financing: a comprehensive package of new rules designed to close loopholes, enhance transparency, and strengthen enforcement.

The New Commission Needs a Strategy to Trump-Proof European Security

If Trump is elected in November 2024, the security outlook of Europe could deteriorate very fast as Russia may attempt to seek the opportunity of taking NATO off balance. It is therefore essential that the Commission and the forthcoming Defence Commi...

Policy Brief n.21 - Digital Euro: Catching Up and Browsing the Daisy

After revisiting the pros and cons, this paper concludes that, all in all, the rationale for introducing an ECB-sponsored digital euro for citizens, retailers, and producers, is not solidly established. Today’s highly dynamic, innovative, and efficie...

Florou Annita

Annita Florou

Annita Florou is Professor of Accounting at Bocconi University. Prior to this, she held academic positions at London Business School, Queen Mary University of London and King’s College London. Currently, she is the Curriculum Coordinator of the Accounting PhD Programme and the Lead Faculty for the Transparency and Accountability research theme at Bocconi Lab for European Studies (BLEST).

She is also the Academic Advisor to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW); Editor of Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting; and an Editorial Board Member of Accounting and Business Research, British Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Corporate Governance: An International Review and Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Public Policy.

Her research interests cover financial reporting regulation, auditor reporting and regulation, and more recently sustainability reporting and assurance. She has received research grants from several organisations and the European Union. Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review and Review of Accounting Studies.

Europe at the Crossroads: Turning Today’s Poly-Crisis Into Tomorrow’s Poly-Opportunity

From Data to Action: Homelessness Policies and Perspectives in the EU

In preparation for the international day for the eradication of poverty, in October, the Institute for European Policymaking @ Bocconi University is preparing a focus on poverty and social inclusion, focusing in particular on homelessness. The goal i...

The past, present and future of European welfare states

Over the past decade, European welfare states have undergone dramatic transformations, a process further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. This event will take stock of these changes and explore future directions for ...

Von der Leyen's Second Term Should Deliver Reforms that the EU so Desperately Needs

European politics has become more fragmented which makes governing a tall task, but also makes the EU more political. After decades of being perceived as too technocratic and distant, the fight for the European Union’s top jobs became more highly ant...

Roth Gilles

Gilles Roth

Minister of Finance, Luxembourg

European Defense Expenditure: Does the EU and its Member States try Harder than We Think?

While defense procurement and production remain fragmented across Europe and the EU and its member states invest less in their security and defense than the US, new EU and EU-sponsored initiatives demonstrate that Europeans are aware of this and atte...