ELF papers

Explore how resilient, interconnected electricity grids can strengthen Europe’s energy sovereignty through case studies on Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Spain.

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.

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.

Unlocking the Nordics’ Potential within the EU

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.

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.

Countering Digital Transnational Repression in the EU

By enabling scale without mandatory structural concentration and strengthening resilient, home-grown infrastructure, the Digital Networks Act should seek to reconcile strategic autonomy with open markets, with the aim of moving towards an innovation-friendly Digital Union.

Europe is falling behind in global productivity. Future-proofing the European economy requires progress along three interconnected pillar: a fully functioning Single Market, stronger competitiveness driven by innovation and cost efficiency, and open economic sovereignty

The publication argues that Europe’s economic and industrial resilience is increasingly threatened by overreliance on external suppliers, particularly in strategic sectors critical to the green and digital transitions.