A new Commentary by Jacques Pelkmans advises the new Barroso Commission to maintain the ‘Better EU Regulation’ strategy that was initiated in 2005 and has proven especially effective in narrowing the scope and options for ideological approaches, or the discretion to allow or exploit regulatory ‘capture’ within the Commission.

The CEPS co-ordinated ECMI just released its 2009 Statistical Package, which presents a comprehensive collection of relevant data on the dynamics of various segments of the European capital market, complete with graphical representations and explanatory commentary. An extremely useful tool, it offers users the most up to date information on the state of European capital markets in the aftermath of the financial crisis (e.g. 1H 2009 for derivatives). The PDF and Excel versions of the package are only free of charge for ECMI members.

All eyes are now on Copenhagen as government officials, heads of state, scientists, environmental and consumer NGOs and global industry representatives descend on the city over the next 10 days to engage in the UN climate talks. CEPS will be there, hosting two major side events on the 10 and 12 of December and disseminating several of its most recent research reports covering both the policy and technical aspects of the post-2012 regime. You can find all of CEPS’ contributions to this momentous gathering in a special dedicated section of our website.