Conference: Holding Pan-European Borrowers to Account

The Banking on Europe team co-organised a conference ‘Holding Pan European Public Borrowers to Account’ with the European Court of Auditors and Robert Schuman Initiative, University of Luxembourg on 15 March 2024. The event, which was held at the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg, brought academics and policymakers together to discuss the accountability of… Continue reading Conference: Holding Pan-European Borrowers to Account

The EIB and Covid-19

David Howarth and Helen Kavvadia have published a new article in the Journal of Economic Policy Reform. The European Investment Bank (EIB) was officially part of a coordinated European Union (EU) strategy to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the worst socio-economic crisis to hit most European countries since the Second World… Continue reading The EIB and Covid-19

New article

The Banking on Europe Team have published a new article in the Journal of European Integration. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) authorises the European Commission to borrow up to €672.5 billion to aid member states’ economic recovery from COVID-19. Some scholars see such funding as unprecedented. Others see a tight link with earlier borrowing… Continue reading New article

Working Paper

The Banking on Europe team has published a new working paper on the Team Europe approach to development finance. Presented as a significant step for European integration driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, Team Europe combines the resources of the European Union (EU), its member states, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for… Continue reading Working Paper

Workshop on Public Debt

On 9 June 2022, Professor David Howarth co-hosted ‘Emission of public debt in the European Union’ at the University of Luxembourg. The workshop was organised by Dr. Frédéric Allemand from Department of Law and the Robert Schuman Initiative (RSI) at the University of Luxembourg. It included sessions on the debt issuance of the European Stability… Continue reading Workshop on Public Debt

Policy Brief

The Banking on Europe Team has published a policy brief on the European Parliament’s oversight of Next Generation EU. For further details, please see here.