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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

(3) improve the DSA framework by better accounting for the impact of investments and reforms on growth and the effects of climate nonaction on public budgets.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

(2) revise the incentive structure of the rules’ extension clause together with the next multi-annual financial framework of the EU to strengthen debt sustainability and the achievement of common priorities; and

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

To further develop the EU fiscal framework and strengthen its capacity to incite public investment and measures to accelerate the green transition, I make three sets of recommendations: (1) remove the counterproductive deficit and debt safeguards;

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This constitutes a missed opportunity to better guide and coordinate the budgetary policies of Member States.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

On the downside, while the new extension clause was designed to incentivize Member States to develop major reforms and investments in line with EU priorities, the analysis of the measures included in national MTPs reveals a major lack of ambition, especially regarding the green transition.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This is in stark contrast to the effect EU fiscal rules had in the aftermath of the Great Recession and eurozone debt crisis, when public investment shrank sharply.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

On the upside, the analysis suggests that the new central debt sustainability (DSA) framework and the two extension clauses provide significant support for maintaining or even raising public investment levels.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I study the extent to which Member States have made use of these two flexibilisation clauses and the consequences of their activation for public investment and green reform and investment measures.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I focus on key features of the reformed Stability and Growth Pact (GP), the so-called national medium-term fiscal structural plans (MTPs), as well as two flexibilisation clauses of the new rules (extension clause, national escape clause for defense spending).

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In this new @delorsinstitute.bsky.social Policy Paper, I analyse the implementation of the reformed EU fiscal framework to assess whether it provides more space and incentives public investment and the green transition.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

New publication: The reformed EU fiscal framework in action: Providing sufficient space and incentives for public investment and the green transition? Thread: Check out the full paper here: institutdelors.eu/content/uplo...

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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

#Simplification can be a laudable objective, but is the Digital #Omnibus Proposal the right way forward towards competitiveness? 👉 @andreaseisl.bsky.social reflects on this dilemma in our Experts' Debrief ⬇️ 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic... @delorsinstitute.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

@andreaseisl.bsky.social & @dzurstrassen.bsky.social on the EU's Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) Part of the Special Issue: European Integration in the Geopolitical Age by @lucasschramm91.bsky.social @cfreudlsperger.bsky.social 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Phuc-Vinh Nguyen @phuc-vinh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

ETS2 has been postponed to 2028, raising questions about its actual implementation. For @delorsinstitute.bsky.social here’s a look at the stakes and reform proposals from my latest policy paper available here : institutdelors.eu/en/publicati... A short🪀 1/9

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Delivering the ETS2: Do or die time for the European Green Deal? - Institut Jacques Delors

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

In a second publication, @phuc-vinh.bsky.social discusses the recent ETS2 postponement by Member States, provides a mapping of their positions on ETS2, and proposes a significant reform to address country concerns while ensuring an ETS2 effective implementation. institutdelors.eu/content/uplo...

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

You can check out the full study here: institutdelors.eu/content/uplo...

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We also highlight the need for well-designed regulatory measures to ensure CO2 price effectiveness, to smartly combine compensation with investment tools, and to coordinate such investment support to provide a demand stimulus to EU cleantech industries.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Based on our findings, our recommendations stress the importance of a strict earmarking of ETS2 revenues and the visibility of support measures, and discuss how to best target citizens through redistribution mechanisms.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Our analysis highlights major differences in the design of compensation mechanisms and identifies country-specific best practice examples for investment support and accompanying policies.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We study the political processes surrounding their implementation as well as selected regulatory, redistribution and investment measures linked to the national CO2 prices in these countries.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

To inform these exercises, our policy paper delves into three country cases (France, Germany, Austria), where national carbon price systems are already in place.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

While currently only 9 EU Member States have national carbon price systems in place, with ETS2 a common price will apply across the Union, requiring to set up national social climate plans and identify spending priorities for the expected national cabron price revenues.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

However, without adequate accompanying compensation and investment measures, additional costs for citiziens will not be socially acceptable and might lead to a reversal of climate policies.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The introduction of a CO2 price for fossil fuels in the housing and mobility sectors is a key measure to ensure that the EU will be able to achieve it climate objective.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

In this new @delorsinstitute.bsky.social Policy Paper, @phuc-vinh.bsky.social and myself look at how to make the EU's upcoming carbon market ETS2 socially acceptable by drawing lessons from national CO2 price systems to implement well-designed carbon revenue redistribution and investment mechanisms.

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Jacques Delors Institute @delorsinstitute.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

🧭 #Hommage Aujourd’hui, Jacques Delors aurait eu 100 ans. Les équipes des instituts de Paris, Berlin et Bruxelles lui rendent hommage en citant des pensées emblématiques de celui qui a façonné l’Europe. @delorsberlin.bsky.social @delorseurope.bsky.social

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Hommage à Jacques Delors pour ses 100 ans

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Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

With the CID & Energy Action Plan, the EU wants to support energy intensive industries. Support is needed - but it's crucial that any national subsidies to lower electricity prices don't result in inefficient distortions that end up harming competitiveness and climate. Short🧵 on a new joint OpEd:

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Jacques Delors Institute @delorsinstitute.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📊 #Infographie Quelles ambitions UE en matière de #compétitivité ? 1/5 Initiatives annoncées, leurs échéances, positionnement des groupes politiques du Parlement, attentes du couple franco-allemand. infographie par @phuc-vinh.bsky.social & @andreaseisl.bsky.social 👇

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La compétitivité, boussole européenne pour faire face à la tempête climatique ? - Institut Jacques Delors

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

(3) Increase and better coordinate EU and national spending (4) Maximize the utility of state aid support through accompanying policies

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Key recommendations: (1) Develop a more evidence-based approach through improve state aid reporting and evaluation. (2) Create a comprehensive, coherent and agile EU state aid framework geared towards common objectives

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

New Publication: In this policy paper, I analyse the 'galaxy' of existing state aid frameworks, highlight their key challenges, and provide recommendations for "a European state aid framework for the Clean Industrial Deal": institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

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A European state aid framework for the Clean Industrial Deal - Institut Jacques Delors

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Check out our full paper with plenty of visualized data and analysis here: institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

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Together we trade, divided we aid

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Ideally, this EU approach to state aid would include common funding mechanisms allowing the Union to co-finance IPCEIs alongside national governments. National contributions could then benefit from the exemption for the co-financing of EU-funded programs under the new SGP.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Second, we underscore the need to strengthen the IPCEI instrument, with an enhanced role for the European Commission in ensuring that projects are selected based on merit rather than Member States’ fiscal capacity to provide subsidies.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

First, we advocate for phasing out temporary crisis frameworks by the end of 2025. Instead, the EU should prioritize consolidating permanent state aid instruments, such as GBER aid and IPCEIs, to balance policy flexibility and pan-European strategic coordination.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Our analysis reveals significant cross-country variation in both the levels and composition of national state aid across these three domains. To avoid a subsidy race between Member States, we propose several policy solutions.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

We provide an in-depth analysis of three key domains of the EU state aid regime: the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER), Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs), and the Temporary Frameworks introduced to respond to recent crises.

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

NEW PUBLICATION: In this Joint @DelorsInstitute – LUHNIP Policy Paper @donadica, @DZurstrassen and myself address the pressing issue of fragmentation within the EU Single Market resulting from the growing use of state aid by Member States. institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

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Daniel Aronssohn @danielaronssohn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Un encouragement à la France. La Commission européenne devrait approuver aujourd'hui le plan du gouvernement Barnier pour réduire les déficits. Mais pourra-t-il le mettre en œuvre? L'instabilité politique inquiète à Bruxelles #AFP avec @andreaseisl.bsky.social www.lexpress.fr/societe/sout...

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Soutien attendu de Bruxelles au budget du gouvernement français en pleine crise

Bruxelles (Belgique) - La Commission européenne publie mardi son évaluation des budgets des Etats membres de l'UE et devrait apporter son soutien au gouvernement français, menacé de censure, en valida...

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

REWATCH📺: Yesterday, I had the pleasure to discuss French fiscal and debt policies with Jeanette Süß (@ifri.bsky.social), Friederike Hofmann (ARD) and the students of the University of Wuppertal. You can rewatch our exchange here (in German): www.youtube.com/live/HE33Bea...

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

In a study written last autumn for the @ifri.bsky.social (in collaboration with the @delorsinstitute.bsky.social) I analysed the major differences in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 public finances. You can find a link to the paper here:

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Next Tuesday (26.11. 16h00) I will discuss French fiscal and debt policies together with Jeanette Süß (@ifri.bsky.social Cerfa), Friederike Hofmann (ARD) and the students of the University of Wuppertal. You can register for this event here: shop.freiheit.org#!/Veranstalt...

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Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit - Shop

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

New publication: Check out my @delorsinstitute.bsky.social policy paper "For a competitive European industrial policy: Common financing, governance and conditionalities in the EU Single Market": institutdelors.eu/wp-content/u...

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REGROUP @regroup-horizon.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 🖊️ @andreaseisl.bsky.social & @eulaliarubio.bsky.social (Jacques Delors Institute) studied how covid19 and the war in Ukraine affected EU actorness by focusing on four policy initiatives in the areas of #health, #energy and #development cooperation. 👉More findings: rb.gy/77kcul

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DO CRISES REINFORCE THE EU’s GLOBAL ACTORNESS? - REGROUP

Over the course of the last decade, the European Union has been hit by a panoply of crises in a context of major geopolitical...

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

In this new @delorsinstitute.bsky.social @regroup-horizon.bsky.social research paper, @eulaliarubio.bsky.social and I analyse the effects that recent crises had on the development of the EU as an international actor. 👉 regroup-horizon.eu/publications...

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REGROUP @regroup-horizon.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

New research paper! How do crises, like the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, affect EU actorness? @andreaseisl.bsky.social & @eulaliarubio.bsky.social (Jacques Delors Institute) explore 4 policy initiatives: 🔵 Joint vaccine procurement 🔵 Common gas purchases 🔵 COVAX 🔵 FARM 👉 shorturl.at/ehj09

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Only a more transparent EU industrial policy can ensure that the most innovative and promising projects are selected across Europe to achieve common objectives. 4/4

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Andreas Eisl @andreaseisl.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

My ongoing work on the undertakings supported by IPCEIs highlights a lack of detailed and timely available data. 3/4

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