The Europe Debate

Oct 3, 2026

Draghi said Europe needs €750–800bn a year. The bond market just made that harder

French yields are nearing 5% and euro-zone rates are heading up. EPIC's Draghi Implementation Index shows why that hurts: the capital markets reforms meant to raise private money for Europe's investment gap are among the slowest to be delivered.

The Europe Debate

Oct 1, 2026

Moldova is the Commission's best student, but still three points short

EPIC's Integration Readiness Index scores Moldova 5.87 out of 10 for 2025, up in each year of its series, yet about three points short of the Croatia 2011 benchmark.

The Europe Debate

Sep 30, 2026

The Commission's biggest Draghi portfolio is 2.7% delivered, and it is energy

EPIC's Draghi Implementation Index gives DG Energy 74 of the Draghi Report's recommendations, the largest load in the Commission. Two are fully implemented.

The Europe Debate

Sep 28, 2026

The Draghi report's implementation rate is slowing down

EPIC's Implementation Index shows Brussels adding new Draghi Report measures at barely a third of the pace it managed six months earlier -- a data point due its own reckoning when the report's one-year review lands in September.

The Europe Debate

Sep 28, 2026

Ukraine's EU Bid Is Moving Fast. Its Readiness Score Says Otherwise.

Kyiv wants four more EU negotiating clusters open by January, and Brussels is racing to front-load next year's loan payouts as Ukraine's wartime budget runs dry. EPIC's own Integration Readiness Index says the diplomatic pace has outrun the reform record it can actually measure.

The Europe Debate

Sep 28, 2026

Kosovo outscores three EU candidates on EPIC's index. It still isn't one

Albin Kurti's fourth government, confirmed on 13 September after three months of deadlock, has made EU candidate status its top priority. EPIC's Integration Readiness Index puts Kosovo at 3.61 for 2025, above Georgia, Bosnia and Türkiye, all of which hold the status Pristina is asking for.