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The potential of the EU to lead the SMR race
Small Modular Reactors could reshape Europe’s energy future, but regulatory, financial and workforce barriers risk holding deployment back. This paper examines what must change for SMRs to become a competitive, reliable and low-carbon part of the EU energy system.
- Type: Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat, Fundalib,
Beyond the Gender Wars – How Liberals Can Bring Young Men and Women Back Together
Rebuilding trust and mutual understanding between young men and women is not only about improving relationships, it is essential for the future of liberal democracy.
- Type: Innovation Policy Lab,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
ELF Training and Facilitation Guide
The book guides you through organising or facilitating a training session or meeting. It can assist in setting up sessions, in helping participants reach the learning goals, and making an event stand out above the rest. The guide is here if you are in need of inspiration or peer support.
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
There Can’t Be Competitiveness Without Ownership
The Case for Introducing Employee and Steward Ownership Models as Part of the 28th Regime for Innovative Companies
- Type: ELF Papers, Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
From Newcomers to Neighbours – A Liberal Vision for Managing Migration in a Dynamic Europe
Rather than merely reacting to demographic change, Europe must adopt a strategic approach and actively compete for talent on the global stage. Migration should therefore be understood as a driver of innovation and shared prosperity, not a challenge.
- Type: Innovation Policy Lab,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Europe (FNF Europe),
Independent voltage – European Grid Resilience, Energy Sovereignty and EU Compatibility Standards
Explore how resilient, interconnected electricity grids can strengthen Europe’s energy sovereignty through case studies on Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Spain.
- Type: Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: Boris Divkovic Foundation, ELF Secretariat, Fundalib, NEOS Lab,
The Art of Execution – Management as a Hidden Driver of Europe’s Competitiveness
Europe’s competitiveness challenge cannot be resolved through capital mobilisation, regulatory reform, or technological investment alone. These measures are necessary, but their effectiveness depends fundamentally on how organisations are led, governed, and managed.
- Type: Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
SMEs- The Overlooked Engine of Europe’s Single Defence Market
This paper examines the position of SMEs in the European defence sector and reviews existing EU initiatives aimed at bridging the gap between their limited capacity and their structural importance.
- Type: Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
Under the Northern Lights
Unlocking the Nordics’ Potential within the EU
- Type: Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
Ageless Ambition – A Liberal Vision to Reap Europe’s Demographic Dividend
We need to challenge prevailing narratives of demographic change as a crisis and oer a forward-looking, evidence-based vision in which Europe can use demographic change as an opportunity to reimagine the foundations of social and economic life.
- Type: Innovation Policy Lab,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Europe (FNF Europe),
The Unintended Impact of Trump’s Tariffs
Asian Pivot can raise the EU’s profile as a geoeconomic power while minimising the costs of the US tariffs and protecting the liberal trade regime, its values, principles, and rules.
- Type: ELF Papers, Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
Defending Europe’s Democracy Means Learning Form Taiwan
European policymakers should study Taiwan’s ‘whole-of-society’ defence resilience strategy – which works across government, civil society, and the private sector to bolster preparedness.
- Type: ELF Papers, Policy Paper,
- Year: 2026
- Language: English,
- Member: ELF Secretariat,
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