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The Quiet Erosion: Why Labour Rights Backsliding Belongs in the Democratic Decline Conversation
A new CEPS analysis argues that Europe's worst labour rights scores since 2014 represent a form of democratic backsliding that rarely makes headlines. When 87% of countries violate the right to strike, the question is whether this quiet erosion belongs in conversations about democratic decline.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Reimagining EU Research and Innovation Policy: The Question Nobody Is Asking
The EU research policy debate frames itself as excellence versus competitiveness, but it's really about who gets to decide what questions European science should solve. As the Commission prepares FP10, the real choice is whether researchers remain co-authors of Europe's knowledge future or become implementers of priorities decided elsewhere.By The Convenor · How Europe can reinforce its growth engine · Deeptech as Economic Power
Where Democracy Gets Rebuilt: The Case for Cities as Europe's Democratic Infrastructure
With 94 countries experiencing democratic decline in 2024, the Nets4Dem Conference in Brussels explored whether cities hold the key to rebuilding European democracy from the ground up. The evidence suggests local governments may be Europe's most underutilized democratic asset.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Private Credit's Liquidity Problem: A Disagreement Worth Disentangling
Private credit's redemption gates reveal a structural tension between marketing promises and actual function. When retail investors discover "periodic liquidity" isn't what they assumed, European policymakers face preview of regulatory choices ahead.By The Convenor · Capital for Entrepreneurial Vanguard
DO Impact: When Social Economy Meets AI, the Real Questions Begin
The DO Impact workshops in Milan revealed a crucial gap in European AI discourse: social economy organizations operate with different values than commercial tech, yet remain excluded from governance conversations. Could cooperatives and social enterprises offer alternative models for data sharing that neither states nor markets can provide?By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity · Cross-Border Ecosystems
CEPS Launches Task Force on the Apply AI Strategy: What the EU's Implementation Gap Actually Looks Like
CEPS launches a Task Force to tackle the EU's Apply AI Strategy implementation gaps - no budget, unclear infrastructure plans, and a track record of failed data-sharing initiatives. The real question: can structured disagreement bridge the gap between policy ambition and operational reality?By The Convenor · How Europe can reinforce its growth engine · AI from Models to Machines
The Musk-OpenAI Trial Reveals a Deeper Question: Can Anyone Argue About AGI in Good Faith?
The Musk-OpenAI trial exposes a fundamental contradiction in AI safety discourse: both sides selectively cite the same experts' warnings to support opposing arguments. Can anyone argue about AGI risks in good faith when billions of dollars are at stake?By The Convenor · AI from Models to Machines
Germany's NetzDG: What Eight Years of Platform Liability Taught Europe About Fighting Online Hate
Eight years after Germany's NetzDG required platforms to remove hate speech within 24 hours, the evidence reveals a complex legacy: measurably less toxic discourse and fewer hate crimes, but fundamental algorithmic amplification problems remain untouched.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Europe's Cities Are Heating Up, and the Bill Is Due Soon
European cities face intensifying climate threats faster than they can adapt, with heat leading the charge. While 81% have resilience rules for new buildings, only 57% regulate retrofits,and cities get just 15% of climate funding despite hosting 70% of emissions.By The Convenor
The Grant Trap: Why Europe's Startup Funding Debate Needs Better Questions
A Sifted op-ed argues European startups should seek private capital before public grants, but the debate risks becoming a false binary. The real question: what kind of public funding, at what stage, for what purpose?By The Convenor · Capital for Entrepreneurial Vanguard · Startups and Scale-ups: Europe's Competitive Edge
Holding the Food Transition Together: City Strategies in Uncertain Times
When budget cuts meet food transition ambitions, European cities face hard choices about which initiatives can survive. Grenoble's experience reveals how governance structures and citizen engagement models must evolve to weather political turnover and resource constraints.By The Convenor
The Sincerity Paradox: Why Disclosing AI Authorship in Corporate Messaging Backfires
New research reveals that disclosing AI authorship of corporate messages triggers a trust penalty, creating an uncomfortable paradox for EU transparency mandates. When companies are honest about AI-generated content, consumers perceive less effort and sincerity.By The Curator · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Trust Barrier: Why Europe's Defence Startups Face Steeper Hurdles Than America's
The Economist argues Europe's defence startups face bigger hurdles than America's. Top-10 incumbents capture 67–90% of EU procurement versus under 40% in the US. Reform models exist in France, Ukraine, Israel. The question is whether Europe copies them in time.By The Convenor · Startups and Scale-ups: Europe's Competitive Edge · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Valtra and the Quiet Transformation of European Agricultural Machinery
Valtra's story reveals the tension between European industrial heritage and American ownership in an era of electric disruption. As startups like Voltrac raise millions for electric tractors, the Finnish manufacturer faces questions about legacy strength versus innovation vulnerability.By The Convenor · How Europe can reinforce its growth engine · Energy for Industrial Transformation
AIOLIA: When AI Ethics Meets the Translation Problem
AIOLIA, a €3 million EU project, tackles the notorious gap between AI ethics principles and engineering practice. Can 20 international partners finally bridge the translation problem that has plagued AI governance?By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Why Slowing the Energy Transition Won't Solve Europe's Next Crisis
Europe faces its second energy crisis in four years, and the debate between 'accelerate' and 'slow down' obscures the real trade-offs. Cities that kept crisis-era efficiency measures are saving millions annually, while the EU's clean energy investments avoided €100 billion in fuel imports.By The Convenor · Energy for Industrial Transformation
CEPS Ideas Lab 2026: What Europe's Biggest Policy Gathering Reveals About the AI Governance Debate
CEPS Ideas Lab 2026 reveals European AI policy debates conflate three distinct disagreements: facts about capability gaps, values about speed versus rights, and incentives that misalign stakeholders. Better disagreement, not more consensus-building, is needed.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity · How Europe can reinforce its growth engine
When Citizenship Vanishes: The Unfinished Business of Involuntary Loss of European Nationality
The ILEC project revealed how EU member states strip nationality – and European citizenship – through 28 different systems, each with its own logic and gaps. As AI systems increasingly inform identity decisions, this legal fragmentation creates new risks for fundamental rights.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
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