The Draghi Report Revisited
HCSS Draghi Report Series
One year after Mario Draghi’s landmark report on Europe’s economic future, HCSS launches the second edition of its Draghi Report Series.
Despite political attention, Europe still struggles with dependencies in defence, raw materials, cleantech, and digital domains. Global tensions with both China and the US are mounting, and Europe’s trade model faces unprecedented pressure. Progress has been uneven and often too slow due to coordination, financing and other internal barriers.
Last year, Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak examined the long-term implications of Draghi’s recommendations. Now, they return to assess how far Europe has come in addressing his urgent call to secure industrial, technological and economic sovereignty.
In this new series, HCSS experts revisit Draghi’s warnings sector by sector, looking back at the concrete steps the EU has taken.
Link to: Ron Stoop
About the Draghi Revisited series
On September 16, HCSS analysts Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak joined the European Commission’s High-Level Conference “One Year After the Draghi Report: What has been achieved and what has changed”, in Brussels.
Featuring keynote speeches from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mario Draghi himself, alongside leading voices from academia, thinktanks, business, and European institutions, the event was a poignant reflection on a turbulent year for Europe.
Ron and Berend were invited due to their publication of the HCSS Draghi Report Series last year, which explored the long-term implications of Draghi’s recommendations. The interviews for this new HCSS Draghi Report Revisited Series were conducted and edited throughout September 2025 by Ron and Berend.
