📢 We are hiring The EPC is looking for a Brussels-based Programme Assistant to join our Europe in the World Programme’s Ukraine Team. Interested in Ukraine, EU affairs and the broader Eurasia region? This could be for you. Apply by 21 August 👇 www.epc.eu/vacancies/pr...

📅 Save the date! On 2 December, the EPC launches the EPC Outlook Forum — a new annual event exploring the strategic risks and defining choices shaping Europe's future. This year's theme is Democracy under pressure: Navigating Europe's defining choices for 2027. More information will follow soon.

What does Marine Le Pen's political revival mean for France's liberal democrats—and for Europe? Our EPC analysis takes a closer look: www.epc.eu/publication/...

📢 We're hiring two Events Assistants! Join the EPC's Communications & Events Team and help deliver high-level policy events while gaining hands-on experience in one of Brussels' leading think tanks. Apply by 26 July (22:00 CET) 👇 www.epc.eu/vacancies/ev...

📘 Can mutual recognition make EU returns more effective? In the second EPC– @studioeuropa.bsky.social Policy Brief, Virginie Jacob assesses whether mandatory mutual recognition can solve EU migration challenges or if broader reforms are needed. Read the full Brief 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

New from the @epc-official.bsky.social: #NATOsummit in Ankara: Priorities and Expectations in 2026. Our latest compendium brings together expert analysis on the strategic priorities, key challenges, and policy debates shaping NATO's future ahead of the Summit.

The🇮🇪Presidency is leading 🇪🇺 to help patients get the right medication @the right time & the right place. Speakers, led by EPC’s Elizabeth Kuiper, call for more, better & faster clinical trials, reimbursement decisions, and fewer cross-border hurdles for medicines to reach the people who need them.

🌎 Can green partnerships become a strategic win for both Europe and Latin America? Eszter Szedlacsek argues green partnerships must shift from announcements to implementation in a new EPC Commentary. Read here 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

⏰ Last chance to apply! We're hiring an Events Executive to help deliver conferences, roundtables, hybrid events, speaker logistics, procurement and event coordination in a fast-paced think tank environment. 📅 Applications close 24 June, 23:59 CET Apply 👇 www.epc.eu/vacancies/ev...

🚗 Can Europe’s automotive sector help strengthen its defence industrial base? In this week’s EPC podcast, Paul Taylor speaks with Fuensanta Martinez Sans and Olaf Pannenbaecker about how car and truck makers could help address Europe’s defence gaps. Listen here 👇 www.epc.eu/podcast/the-...

📢 We are hiring! The @epc-official.bsky.social is looking for a Junior Policy Analyst to join its Health and Societal Resilience Programme, working on housing, demographic transition and gender equality, including women’s health. Deadline: 19 June Apply here 👇 www.epc.eu/vacancies/ju...

Discussions also addressed China’s industrial overcapacity, trade fragmentation, strategic dependencies and the need to rethink resilience across supply chains, energy, finance and technology. The message: economic security is now central to Europe’s competitiveness.

Speakers also highlighted the need to move from risk mitigation to opportunity creation. @nadiacalvino.eib.org, President of the European Investment Bank, underlined Europe’s strengths in quantum, advanced manufacturing, biotech, aerospace and other frontier fields.

“Economic security is a shared responsibility, and industry stands on the front line; we must have its back,” said Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security. He warned that “the cost of inaction could be higher.”

#BESF2026 concluded with a clear message: Europe must diversify and build resilience. Over two days, leaders, policymakers and industry experts discussed how to secure critical technologies, reduce vulnerabilities and respond to global fragmentation👇

That’s a wrap on #BESF2026, two days of sharp insights on economic security, resilience, and global cooperation. Dive deeper: besf.epc.eu Full wrap-up coming soon: www.epc.eu Read the Brussels Economic Security Review: www.epc.eu/publication/...

Closing Keynote and Conversation Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič takes the stage to reflect on Europe’s trade and economic security agenda in a shifting global landscape 🧵 @ec.europa.eu

NOW | #BESF2026 Indonesia’s Minister for Economic Affairs @airlangga_hrt joins EPC's Almut Moller for the Global Partners Closing Session – From Fracture to Framework: Rebuilding the International Economic Architecture

"Rewarding innovation is one area where the United States and China currently outperform Europe. Europe is still stuck in a regulatory trap." - Sigrid de Vries, Director General, European Automobile Manufacturers' Association with @pswieboda.bsky.social

Turning crisis into opportunity? Speakers stressed the need to boost societal buy-in, EU unity on energy, and diversification & renewables. @visegradinsight.bsky.social @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social

"There will come a day that we realize the zero-sum is not working out for anybody. That's where we're heading to."-Maria Demertzis

@michaelpettis.bsky.social: “EU firms aren’t investing more in manufacturing because it’s not profitable. Even with more funding, expansion won’t follow. Competition works when it shifts resources to more efficient players—but Chinese subsidies push costs so low, firms can’t compete.”

NOW: Shocks to trade, energy & supply chains are driving a push for resilience. Satvinder Singh, Deputy Sec-Gen, @atlantikbruecke.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @cfs-rusi.bsky.social @pswieboda.bsky.social ASEAN Denis Dedonnet V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Econ Advisor to India &

Opening Keynote & Conversation: Mobilizing Economic Strength for Europe’s Security Moderated by @shonamurray.bsky.social EuroNews and @eurcorrespond.bsky.social. Follow live: besf.epc.eu/events/besf-... With the support of Equinor ACEA EQT @vodafonegroup.bsky.social @asmlcompany.bsky.social

Productive and well-attended closed-door discussion—many thanks to all participants. For more insights, check out the EPC's Northern Europe Platform: www.epc.eu/projects/Nor...