Annual Reports
Among the global “100 Think Tanks to Watch”, EPC's peers recognised its innovation, collaboration and impact in 2025, as one of the top four think tanks in Brussels - and top ten in Europe. EPC policy analysts helped shape debates on economic and health security, competitiveness, sustainability, EU reform, enlargement and migration. Its growing digital presence and expanding European and global networks enabled EPC ideas to reach new audiences and decisionmakers. Through the Connecting Europe initiative, EPC is also bringing new voices and perspectives to Brussels, helping to shape more effective EU policymaking.
The inaugural Brussels Economic Security Forum convened ministers, European Commissioners, CEOs and global experts, establishing a major annual forum on economic security. The report “A Test of Times” advanced a bold vision for a future-proof European Union, while a diverse range of publications and high-level events reinforced the EPC's position as a leading voice on democratic resilience and Europe's capacity to act in an increasingly contested world.
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Throughout the year, the EPC reaffirmed its role as a trusted source of policy expertise, offering practical, forward-looking insights that have helped steer EU policy across key domains from economic governance to international security and European integration. Its work has been instrumental in reinforcing the EU’s strategic autonomy and resilience in a rapidly evolving global context.
Our analysis helped identify the key fault lines and opportunities for pro-European cooperation in the new political-institutional cycle, contributing to the wider debate about how the Union must adapt to govern effectively in this challenging environment.
Through its research and analysis, the EPC has played a pivotal role in supporting the EU’s efforts to strengthen its strategic autonomy and resilience, particularly in the face of global challenges and uncertainties.
The EPC's work continued to address a broad range of European policy challenges, from a growing focus on economic security to ongoing efforts in economic governance and social and health policy. The EPC maintained its focus on the triple transition—digital, green, and social—while examining how these transformations intersect with Europe’s strategic autonomy and global competitiveness.
The Annual Report 2022 features highlights of the EPC’s many activities during the year and showcases its convening power, expertise, and impact on the EU policy agenda.
The EPC's work focused on the watershed moment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the permacrisis and the evolution of economic security; democratic decline and revival; the rule of law; the Conference on the Future of Europe; and the necessary social and economic transitions.
We also celebrated the EPC’s 25th Anniversary and hosted the Jubilee Conference in December 2022.
The Annual Report 2021 features highlights of the EPC’s many activities during the year and showcases its convening power, expertise, and impact on the EU policy agenda.
The EPC's work focused on a sustainable and fair post-COVID recovery; economic governance reform; the development of an EU public health policy; democracy and the rule of law; the Conference on the Future of Europe; disinformation on migration; and the EU's changing role in the world and how it can deal with the permanent state of crisis - or permacrisis - it now finds itself in.
We also look ahead to our 25th anniversary, which we are celebrating in 2022.
The Annual Report 2020 features highlights of the EPC’s many activities during the year and showcases its convening power, expertise, and impact on the EU policy agenda.
The Annual Report 2019 features highlights of the EPC’s many activities during the year and showcases its convening power, expertise, and impact on the EU policy agenda.
The Annual Report 2018 features highlights of the EPC’s many activities during the year and showcases its convening power, expertise, and impact on the EU policy agenda.
