AI-powered transcription tools are increasingly used in the workplace. Aida Ponce Del Castillo argues in an analysis from data protection law and the AI Act that their deployment raises risks both for employees and employers

EU member states may now exceed deficit limits if the borrowing finances defence. Paolo Surico proposes exempting innovation-related expenditure, rather than procurement, to raise long-run growth while maintaining fiscal responsibility and strategic autonomy

Maximising the European Union’s innovation capacity is an overriding EU policy priority. Fiona Scott Morton and Reinhilde Veugelers propose an optional EU regime to lower barriers for high-growth startups via swift incorporation, simple governance and crossborder access

The world has changed fundamentally. Ignacio García Bercero and Niclas Poitiers argue that the EU needs a balanced strategy to cut reliance on the US and China while improving its capacity to counter coercive economic threats

The EU must speed up its integration and overhaul a model of export-led growth that has faltered amid mounting geopolitical turmoil. Christine Lagarde warns that the EU is increasingly vulnerable to shocks and is lagging behind in areas that will drive growth such as AI

The global trading system needs to reform. Ignacio García Bercero considers a first step in coalition building where two of the world’s major trading blocs have signalled their willingness to work to repair a system undermined by the US and China