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What do Italian and European Voters Think of EU Policies Towards Ukraine?

These findings stem from a survey conducted in December 2023, encompassing nearly 13,000 EU citizens. Our dataset is representative of the EU as a whole and, more specifically, of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. I...

First double workshop in geoeconomics, geopolitics and preventing conflict studies

A workshop organized by BAFFI, IEP and IGIER jointly with CEPR and KIEL Institute for the World Economy

The European Commission In The Making: Lessons Learned Over The Last 5 Years

The Thin Line Between Countering Online Disinformation and Restricting Free Speech

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on three cases with important implications for the ability of social networks to moderate content, particularly when it comes to disinformation and political propaganda. These developments may also have an impact...

The War and The Vote: How Italian Residents Are Approaching the EP Elections

How has European voters’ attitude, and more specifically Italian voters’, evolved in the last few months? What impact will the war have in Ukraine on the June 2024 European Parliament elections?With Catherine De Vries, Isabell Hoffmann, and Stefano F...

Cottarelli Carlo

Carlo Cottarelli

Carlo Cottarelli obtained a degree in Economics and Banking from the University of Siena in 1977 and a Master in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1981.

From 1981 to 1987 he worked at the Monetary Directorate of the Research Department of the Bank of Italy and from 1987 to 1988 he was head of the Economic Section of at the Research Department of ENI.

In 1988 he began his career at the International Monetary Fund, working in various departments (European Department, Fiscal Affairs Department, Money and Capital Markets Department, and Policy Development and Review Department). During this period, he was responsible for economic surveillance, technical assistance and lending in several advanced, emerging and developing countries, including: Italy, United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, Portugal, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Lebanon, Tajikistan and Serbia.

From 2008 to 2013 he was Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund. In 2013-2014 he was Commissioner for the Public Spending Review in Italy and from 2014-2017 he was Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund for Italy, Albania, Greece, Malta, Portugal and San Marino.

From October 2017 to September 2022 he was Director of the Observatory on Italian public accounts of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, a position from which he resigned when he was elected as Senator of the Italian Republic on 25 September 2022.

From October 2017 to October 2020 he was Visiting Professor at Bocconi University, being responsible for the Fiscal Macroeconomics course, an elective course of the third undergraduate year, which he continued to teach in the following two academic years.

He resigned from the Senate in May 2023 and he is currently Director of the Educational Program for Economics and Social Sciences of the Catholic University, where he is also Adjunct Professor for the Fiscal Macroeconomic Course.

In November 2017 he received the Laurea Honoris Causa in Public Administration and Policies from the University of Genova.

In 2021 he was awarded the honor of First Class Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Policy Brief - Understanding the Italian Economy’s Growth Crisis

The 1960s and 1970s acute industrial conflicts were at the root of the demise of large companies in the Italian economy, setting in motion a trend of reduction in company size that continued over the ensuing decades

Hu Weinian

Weinian Hu

Weinian Hu is Research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Weinian Hu’s career has bridged Asia and Europe at the intersection of academia, diplomacy and industry. In addition to her academic pursuits in international trade law, she acquired extensive international experience by working with a global bank in China, an inter-governmental organization in Singapore, a non-governmental organization in Malaysia and a global-leading public affairs agency in Belgium. She also served as consultant and team leader for the European Union for the coordination of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the multilateral political dialogue process between the Asian and the European regions. Dr Hu holds degrees from Chinese, British and Belgian universities.

Policy Brief - The BEV anti-Subsidy Investigation of the Commission: Industrial Policy and Geopolitics in Disguise?

The EU is encouraging other countries to follow its lead and support the green transition. This requires massive subsidies in many different sectors. Why should the EU then complain if other countries outcompete it in terms of subsidizing the p...

Puls Thomas

Thomas Puls

Senior Economist for Transport and Infrastructure at the German Economic Institute (IW)