Making use of well-established benchmarks as well as novel state-of-the-art models, this paper aims to assess price and cost competitiveness positions of EU countries in the wake of the recent inflation shocks.
Through a wage benchmarking approach, this paper analyses to what extent wage growth in Italy’s regions follows the local productivity, consumer price and unemployment dynamics.
Mark your calendars for the Brussels Economic Forum, the European Commission’s annual flagship economic event, on 7 May 2026.
This Economic Brief analyses the effects of the expected population ageing on the public expenditure on health care in the EU, discusses the different policy options and finally describes the activities in this field by the European Commission.
This Quarterly Report analyses the cyclical behaviour of risk-sharing across euro area countries, provides evidence for the usefulness of firms’ selling price expectations in forecasting HICP in the euro area and presents the key economic arguments that underpinned the Council decision on the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria.
This report takes stock of the tasks and capacity of independent fiscal institutions in the EU and consists of a Commission communication and a staff working document containing individual IFI fact sheets.
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On 22 May 2025, the Brussels Economic Forum (BEF) returns for its 25th edition! This year’s BEF will focus on how to navigate a turbulent world to secure Europe’s economy. Join us in Brussels or online to celebrate this anniversary with a day of debates and networking. The programme is now available online. More information on speakers and registration details will follow shortly.
On 4 March, Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis met with young Europeans from all over EU to discuss topics what matters the most for youth, such as competitiveness, investment and sustainability; global order and economic security; digital euro; and implementation and simplification. Check out the event webpage to see the main takeaways and photos from this lively debate.
Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference
Opening remarks by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN Press conference
Several project promoters have told us that they have found financing after being published on the Portal. Watch our latest testimonials and see how the Portal was beneficial to them. Three companies from Ireland, Romania and France operating in the health and green sector are telling their story.
On 18 March 2021, DG ECFIN held an online public event to mark the launch of the InvestEU Programme, adopted by the European Parliament on 09 March 2021. The event, which attracted over 1000 stakeholders from across Europe, featured a keynote address and Q&A session with EU Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, as well as speakers from DG ECFIN's Directorate L, and InvestEU potential implementing partners.
The EIPP team was invited to the 2020 virtual edition of the European Space Week and joined the panel discussion on “EU Space Programme and Economy that works for people” that took place on 10 December. EIPP is striving to promote more projects targeting the space sector and we expect to enlarge our project portfolio as a result of our collaboration with the European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency.
