The much anticipated “Draghi-report” published in September 2024 addressing European competitiveness and the future of the European Union has by now made its way into most parliaments, cabinet offices and boardrooms. Authored by former ECB president and former Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, it was one of two widely anticipated reports on EU reforms in 2024, together with the Letta report on the EU internal market.
The almost 400 pages of analysis and recommendations provide a stark warning for the EU to clean up its economic and industrial act. The conclusions from the main report (section A) have already been covered in op-eds, policy briefs and essays, but section B of the report, which contains sector-specific in-depth analyses, still contains valuable nuggets of information.
Many of the sectors mentioned in Mario Draghi’s “The future of European competitiveness” touch directly on research areas of HCSS. In this Draghi Report Series, Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak sat down with our experts to ask for their views on specific sections of this high-profile report.
Which policy recommendations are the strongest, and which are missing? How is the feasibility of these plans in a European context? And what is the capacity of the new Dutch government, of which the coalition agreement was published four days after the report, to facilitate in reaching Draghi’s goals?
The individual expert commentaries can also be read online:
- Draghi Report Series | Space – by Patrick Bolder
- Draghi Report Series | Semiconductors – by Benedetta Girardi
- Draghi Report Series | Automotive – by Han ten Broeke and Ron Stoop
- Draghi Report Series | Critical Raw Materials – by Irina Patrahau and Michel Rademaker
- Draghi Report Series | Defence – by Tim Sweijs and Frank Bekkers
- Draghi Report Series | Energy – by Lucia van Geuns and Jilles van den Beukel
- Draghi Report Series | Artificial Intelligence – by Sofia Romansky and Jesse Kommandeur
- Draghi Report Series | Clean Technologies – by Irina Patrahau, Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak
- Draghi Report Series | Energy-Intensive Industries by Lucia van Geuns, Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak
- Draghi Report Series | Conclusion – by Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak
The HCSS Draghi Report Series interviews were conducted and edited throughout September 2024 by Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak.
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